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refuged


noun

  1. shelter or protection from danger, trouble, etc.: to take refuge from a storm.
  2. a place of shelter, protection, or safety.
  3. anything to which one has recourse for aid, relief, or escape.

verb (used with object), ref·uged, ref·ug·ing.

  1. Archaic. to afford refuge to.

verb (used without object), ref·uged, ref·ug·ing.

  1. Archaic. to take refuge.

noun

  1. shelter or protection, as from the weather or danger
  2. any place, person, action, or thing that offers or appears to offer protection, help, or reliefaccused of incompetence, he took refuge in lying
  3. another name for traffic island

verb

  1. archaic to take refuge or give refuge to
n.

“shelter or protection from danger or distress,” late 14c., from Old French refuge “hiding place” (12c.), from Latin refugium “a taking refuge; place to flee back to,” from re- “back” (see re-) + fugere “to flee” (see fugitive) + -ium “place for.”

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