† unspenv.
Obsolete. rare.
transitive. To release.
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society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > liberation > set free [verb (transitive)] > free from restraint > the lips, tongue, or heart
unspen?c1225
loosec1390
unseala1586
loosen1645
unslip1802
unloosen1845
?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 124 Sein Iohan þebaptiste..inhis borne time vn spennede [a1250 Nero upspende] his fader tunge into prophecie.
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v.?c1225- gold-like
- gold-lined
- gold-lip oyster
- gold-lip shell
- gold-made
- gold-mounted
- gold-mouthed
- gold-naped wren
- gold-orbed
- gold-plated
- gold-producing
- gold-proof
- gold-quarrel
- gold-red
- gold-riding
- gold-rimmed
- gold-robed
- gold-seed
- gold-shrub
- gold-sprent
- gold-tail moth
- gold-tasselled
- gold-thirsty
- gold-threaded
- gold-tipped