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Refuge \Ref"uge\ (r?f"?j), n. [F. r['e]fuge, L. refugium, fr.
refugere to flee back; pref. re- figere. SEe {Fugitive}.]
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1. Shelter or protection from danger or distress.
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Rocks, dens, and caves! But I in none of these
Find place or refuge. --Milton.
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We might have a strong consolation, who have fled
for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us.
--Heb. vi. 18.
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2. That which shelters or protects from danger, or from
distress or calamity; a stronghold which protects by its
strength, or a sanctuary which secures safety by its
sacredness; a place inaccessible to an enemy.
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The high hills are a refuger the wild goats. --Ps.
civ. 18.
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The Lord also will be a refuge for the oppressed.
--Ps. ix. 9.
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3. An expedient to secure protection or defense; a device or
contrivance.
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Their latest refuge
Was to send him. --Shak.
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Light must be supplied, among gracefulrefuges, by
terracing ??? story in danger of darkness. --Sir H.
Wotton.
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{Cities of refuge} (Jewish Antiq.), certain cities appointed
as places of safe refuge for persons who had committed
homicide without design. Of these there were three on each
side of Jordan. --Josh. xx.

{House of refuge}, a charitable institution for giving
shelter and protection to the homeless, destitute, or
tempted.
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Syn: Shelter; asylum; retreat; covert.
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Refuge \Ref"uge\ (r?f"?j), v. t.
To shelter; to protect. [Obs.]
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