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▪ I. unˈfree, a.
[ME. unfre (un-1 7), = MDu. onvri (Du. onvrij), OHG. unfrî (MHG. unvrî, G. unfrei), WFris. on-, ûnfrij, MDa. and Da. ufri, MSw. and Sw. ofri.]
†1. Ignoble, base. Obs.—1
c1320Sir Tristr. 2727 Þou slouȝ his breþer þre In fiȝt: Vrgan and morgan vn-fre And moraunt, þe noble kniȝt.
2. Characterized by want of freedom.
13..E.E. Allit. P. B 1129 So if folk be defowled by vnfre chaunce,..he may polyce hym at þe prest, by penaunce taken. 1568Grafton Chron. II. 120 The election beyng vnfree,..eche of them almost of necessitie must hate the other. 1849Kemble Saxons in Eng. I. 203 Serfs by reason of unfree birth. 1882–3Schaff's Encycl. Relig. Knowl. 2206 The State..must be invested with all power over industry, which thus may be called practically unfree.
†3. Not at liberty to do something. Obs.
c1380Wyclif Wks. (1880) 284 Ȝif lordis myȝte ȝeue here heritage to clerkis..þei were vnfree to helpe here soulis.
4. Not possessed of personal liberty; destitute of freedom.
c1380Wyclif Sel. Wks. I. 363 And so, as myche as in hem is, þei have maad Crist unfree. 1587Golding De Mornay xii. 207 If it be demaunded why God created man free, and not vnfree. 1602J. Davies (Heref.) Mirum in Modum Wks. (Grosart) I. 28/1 Better vnfree (saist thou) then be so ill, But 'tis not ill at libertie to bee.
1849Kemble Saxons in Eng. I. 203 The children..of parents who are both unfree, or..of one unfree parent. 1865Kingsley Hereward xx, All the folk, free and unfree, man and woman, were out on the streets. 1882W. B. Weeden Soc. Law Labor 40 The savage is the most unfree man in the world.
absol.1864Kingsley Roman & T. 54 The custom of chiefs choosing..their companions-in-arms, from among the most valiant of the unfree. 1874Green Short Hist. i. §2 (1882) 13 A slave class, a class of the unfree.
5. Not holding the position of a free or privileged member of a corporation. Obs. or arch.
1442Extr. Aberd. Rec. (1844) I. 8 Item, that al the communytie, alsweile vnfree as free men, be sworne to rise..in the defence of the toune. 1459–60Cal. Anc. Rec. Dublin (1889) 303 Thay be put out of ther franches and ymad unfre. 1574in 10th Rep. Hist. MSS. Comm. App. V. 423 None of the inhabitance of Galway, free or onfree, yonge or old. 1608in Gross Gild Merch. (1890) I. 150 note, Anie Englishe borne subiect beinge vnfree or no member of this ffellowshippe. 1687Luttrell Brief Rel. (1857) I. 407 The lord mayor might drink to one as sherif free or unfree of the citty. 1717in J. J. Vernon Par. & Kirk Hawick (1900) 205 Payd..for the bells tolling at the buriall of every unfree person within the said toun.
6. Not free of duty, tax, or impost; not exempt from commercial restrictions.
1678Sir G. Mackenzie Crim. Laws Scot. i. xxvi. §ii. (1699) 130 The Customers Officers were about to poynd some unfree goods. 1684Lond. Gaz. No. 1916/1 No such Clause or Provision as makes Free Goods to become Unfree when Laden and taken in Unfree Ships.
▪ II. unfree, v.
[un-2 6 a.]
trans. To make unfree; to deprive of freedom.
c1380Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 431 Also oblishyng of men unfreeþ hem to God. |