单词 | affranchise |
释义 | affranchisev. transitive. To set free; to liberate, emancipate. Also with from, †of. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > liberation > set free [verb (transitive)] freeeOE letc1000 alithOE areim-ena1250 alaskic1300 fritha1325 loose1340 unfetterc1374 to let goc1384 releasec1384 freitha1400 to let farea1400 assoil1401 remit1467 affranchise1477 resplaitc1531 discussa1542 freedom1548 to set (go, walk, etc.) free1609 re-enfranchise1611 unhook1611 unloose1614 liberate1623 disenfranchise1626 assert1638 relinquish1671 uncork1749 unfankle1824 1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 135 I shall affranchyse yow [Fr. Je ne doubte que je..ne vous affranchisse] of your vowe. 1477 Earl Rivers tr. Dictes or Sayengis Philosophhres (Caxton) (1877) lf. 55v He afranchised legmon and made him fre that afore was bonde & thrall. a1492 W. Caxton tr. Vitas Patrum (1495) i. cliii. f. clviii/2 Fyrst bonde & sith afraunchised & made free. 1550 T. Nicolls tr. Thucydides Hist. Peloponnesian War v. ix. f. cxliii Those that had newly bene affranchised and putt into lybertie. 1592 H. O. tr. V. Figueiro Spaniards Monarchie sig. Fijv He could neuer since affranchise him selfe from the bridle, nor seruice of man. 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xxxv. xxiii. 908 Antiochus should be sent for to affranchise Greece. 1697 D. Jones tr. Pope Innocent XI in Secret Hist. White-Hall xxviii. 35 Those Menaces, that imported that the King should affranchise France from the Roman See. 1725 D. Cotes tr. L. E. Du Pin New Eccl. Hist. 17th Cent. I. iii. i. 76 It cannot be said, that France..has been made Free, or affranchised, since she was free in her first original. 1797 W. F. Mavor Hist. Acct. Voy., Trav., & Discov. XIX. 197 To impart his goods to the poor, to affranchise his negroes. 1839 A. Crichton tr. C. W. Koch Hist. Revol. Europe (ed. 2) 47/1 All those who had serfs were obliged to present them before the Podesta..who affranchised them for a certain sum or tax. 1863 W. S. Landor Let. 11 Sept. in Atlantic Monthly (1866) June 702/2 Every slave, after fifteen years, should be affranchised. 1907 E. Saltus Lords of Ghostland i. 48 A messiah..who..will rejuvenate the world, affranchise it from death. 2007 E. Kohen Hist. Turkish Jews & Sephardim v. 25 Mobilizing funds to affranchise former captives and help the destitute. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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