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Shelter \Shel"ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sheltered}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Sheltering}.]
1. To be a shelter for; to provide with a shelter; to cover
from injury or annoyance; to shield; to protect.
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Those ruins sheltered once his sacred head.
--Dryden.
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You have no convents . . . in which such persons may
be received and sheltered. --Southey.
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2. To screen or cover from notice; to disguise.
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In vain I strove to cheek my growing flame,
Or shelter passion under friendship's name. --Prior.
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3. To betake to cover, or to a safe place; -- used
reflexively.
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They sheltered themselves under a rock. --Abp.
Abbot.
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