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Safe \Safe\, a. [Compar. Safer; superl. Safest.] [OE. sauf,
F. sauf, fr. L. salvus, akin to salus health, welfare,
safety. Cf. Salute, Salvation, Sage a plant, Save,
Salvo an exception.]
1. Free from harm, injury, or risk; untouched or unthreatened
by danger or injury; unharmed; unhurt; secure; whole; as,
safe from disease; safe from storms; safe from foes. ``And
ye dwelled safe.'' --1 Sam. xii. 11.
They escaped all safe to land. --Acts xxvii.
44.
Established in a safe, unenvied throne. --Milton.
2. Conferring safety; securing from harm; not exposing to
danger; confining securely; to be relied upon; not
dangerous; as, a safe harbor; a safe bridge, etc. ``The
man of safe discretion.'' --Shak.
The King of heaven hath doomed This place our
dungeon, not our safe retreat. --Milton.
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