refuge

UK /ˈɹɛfjuːd͡ʒ/ US /ˈɹɛfjuːd͡ʒ/
noun 5verb 2

Definitions

noun

1

A state of safety, protection or shelter.

Rocks, dens, and caves! But I in none of these / Find place or refuge.

2

A place providing safety, protection or shelter.

One morning I had been driven to the precarious refuge afforded by the steps of the inn, after rejecting offers from the Celebrity to join him in a variety of amusements. But even here I was not free from interruption, for he was seated on a horse-block below me, playing with a fox terrier.

3

Something or someone turned to for safety or assistance; a recourse or resort.

Since its conception, the European Union has been a haven for those seeking refuge from war, persecution and poverty in other parts of the world.

4

An expedient to secure protection or defence.

Their latest refuge / Was to send him.

This is occaſioned by this, that too too often the Teaching of a Grammar School is the ordinary Refuge that deſperate Perſons as to any other Employment in good Learning betake themſelves to; whilſt but a few know themſelves ſuited with intellectual and moral Abilities, and fewer have that Encouragement, when they undertake it, their Pains deſerve.

5

A refuge island.

verb

1

To return to a place of shelter.

Among these macaques, although activity cycles are quite variable from location to location, refuging is a common characteristic.

2

To shelter; to protect.

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