safeguard

safeguard is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.

Definitions

  1. 1.A convoy or guard to protect a traveler or property.
  2. 2.A pass; a passport; a safe-conduct. Shak.
  3. 3.To guard; to protect. Shak.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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