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unˈfettered, ppl. a.
[un-1 8: cf. Sw. ofjettrad.]
Not confined or restrained by fetters. Chiefly in fig. use: Unrestrained, unrestricted.
1601Donne Progr. Soul i. xviii, To an unfetterd soules quick nimble hast Are falling stars, and hearts thoughts, but slow pac'd. 1697Dryden æneis Ded., Ess. (ed. Ker) II. 220 Now, if a Muse cannot run when she is unfettered, it is a sign she has but little speed. 1748Smollett Rod. Rand. xxiv, One of my fellow captives who was unfettered. 1787Burns Let. to Moore 15 Feb., The unfettered wild flight of native genius. 1855Prescott Philip II, ii. i. (1857) 193 A people accustomed from infancy to the unfettered exercise of their faculties. 1879Froude Cæsar x. 117 He was left unfettered to act at his own discretion.
b. Const. by.
1800Asiat. Ann. Reg., Chron. 14/1 He took a new estate, unfettered by conditions, and subject only to the quit rents. 1850Tennyson In Mem. xxvii, I envy not the beast that takes His license..Unfetter'd by the sense of crime. |