SPARE (save)
VERBS
1154 — FORBEAR to abstain from punishing; to spare, to show mercy or indulgence to
1175 — SPELE to spare or save something → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1225 — METHE to treat with restraint; to have mercy upon; to spare → obs.
1393 — PRESERVE to save or spare a person’s life
1501 — REMIT to spare, pardon, or forgive a person
1508 — HAIN to spare, to save, to refrain from consuming or spending → Sc.
1644 — SUPERSEDE to refrain from inflicting something undesirable on a person; to spare → obs.
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