Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Safe \Safe\, a. [Compar. {Safer}; superl. {Safest}.] [OE. sauf,
   F. sauf, fr. L. salvus, akin to salus health, welfare,
   safety. Cf. {Salute}, {Salvation}, {Sage} a plant, {Save},
   {Salvo} an exception.]
   1. Free from harm, injury, or risk; untouched or unthreatened
      by danger or injury; unharmed; unhurt; secure; whole; as,
      safe from disease; safe from storms; safe from foes. ``And
      ye dwelled safe.'' --1 Sam. xii. 11.

            They escaped all safe to land.        --Acts xxvii.
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            Established in a safe, unenvied throne. --Milton.

   2. Conferring safety; securing from harm; not exposing to
      danger; confining securely; to be relied upon; not
      dangerous; as, a safe harbor; a safe bridge, etc. ``The
      man of safe discretion.'' --Shak.

            The King of heaven hath doomed This place our
            dungeon, not our safe retreat.        --Milton.