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refuge
[ ref-yooj ]
noun
- shelter or protection from danger, trouble, etc.:
to take refuge from a storm.
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- a place of shelter, protection, or safety.
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- anything to which one has recourse for aid, relief, or escape.
verb (used with object)
refuged, refuging.
- Archaic. to afford refuge to.
verb (used without object)
refuged, refuging.
- Archaic. to take refuge.
refuge
/ ˈɛː /
noun
- shelter or protection, as from the weather or danger
- any place, person, action, or thing that offers or appears to offer protection, help, or relief
accused of incompetence, he took refuge in lying
- another name for traffic island
verb
- archaic.to take refuge or give refuge to
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51Թ History and Origins
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of refuge1
C14: via Old French from Latin refugium , from refugere to flee away, from re- + fugere to escape
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This odd couple encounters refuge with a New Mexico farming commune and the usual flat excess in Las Vegas.
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Others took refuge in the valleys among nomadic goat and camel herders, they told the BBC.
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Many Ukrainian families have taken refuge in Estonia.
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For the rudderless and lost, whether due to ineptitude or deep grief, the office can be an orderly refuge.
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The runaway princess befriended not seven dwarfs but 13 giants, 17 thieves or 40 dragons when she sought refuge in Spain, Belgium or Algeria.
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