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conjunction/seɪv/
/seɪv/
(old use or formal)- except
- They found out nothing more save that she had borne a child.
Word Originconjugation Middle English: from Old French sauf, sauve, from Latin salvo, salva (ablative singular of salvus ‘safe’), used in phrases such as salvo jure, salva innocentia ‘with no violation of right or innocence’.Definitions on the go
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