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rescue
c.1300 (n. and v.), from stem of Old French
rescourre,
from
re-,
intensive prefix, +
escourre
"to cast off, discharge," from Latin
excutere
"to shake off, drive away," from
ex-
"out" +
-cutere,
combining form of
quatere
"to shake" (see
quash
).
