Sekirov Dictionary

asylum

/əˈsaɪləm/

noun 3
verb 2
forms 4

noun3

A place of safety or refuge.
the right to stay safely in a foreign country, given to someone in danger at home
(old-fashioned) A place of protection or restraint for one or more classes of the disadvantaged, especially the mentally ill.

verb2

•
(old-fashioned) to place in an asylum
- It was she who in the last few years had spread abroad the notion that Charles Nagle, in the public interest, should be asylumed. — 1913
•
(old-fashioned) to grant protection or refuge
- We have..sheltered its paupers, asylumed its orphans, clothed its nakedness. — 1887

forms

asylumed · asyluming · asylums · asyla

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