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单词 unfree
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unfreeadj.

Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈfriː/, U.S. /ˌənˈfri/
Etymology: Middle English unfre (un- prefix1 1), = Middle Dutch onvri (Dutch onvrij), Old High German unfrî (Middle High German unvrî, German unfrei), West Frisian on-, ûnfrij, Middle Danish and Danish ufri, Middle Swedish and Swedish ofri.
1. Ignoble, base. Obsolete. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > ignobleness or baseness > [adjective]
theowlikec1175
low?c1225
undignec1315
unfreec1330
base?1518
roynish1570
baseborn1573
base-minded1573
haskardly1576
ignoble1592
unnoble1593
slavish1597
disnoble1609
infimous1613
unhandsome1645
unheroical1656
mean1665
unworthy1694
unheroic1732
raff1761
undignified1782
raffish1795
truculent1825
unpromotable1836
menial1837
low-flung1841
society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > lack of magnanimity or noble-mindedness > [adjective] > base or vile
low?c1225
lechera1300
vilea1300
feeblea1325
unfreec1330
villain1340
wrackc1375
villains1390
noughty1443
slovenly?1518
peasant1550
sluttish1561
vild1567
knaifatic1568
scallardc1575
base1576
tinkerly?1576
beggarly?1577
cullion-like1591
brokerly1592
broking1592
ignoble1592
cullionly1608
disnoble1609
unsolid1731
lowly1740
blackguard1751
blackguardly1779
menial1837
low-flung1841
caddish1868
basilar1884
bounding1904
bounderish1928
c1330 (?a1300) Sir Tristrem (1886) l. 2727 Þou slouȝ his breþer þre In fiȝt: Vrgan and morgan vn fre And moraunt, þe noble kniȝt.
2. Characterized by want of freedom.
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society > authority > subjection > [adjective] > deprived of liberty > characterized by lack of freedom
unfreec1400
freedomless1821
c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness l. 1129 So if folk be defowled by vnfre chaunce,..he may polyce hym at þe prest, by penaunce taken.
1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 120 The election beyng vnfree,..eche of them almost of necessitie must hate the other.
1849 J. M. Kemble Saxons in Eng. I. 203 Serfs by reason of unfree birth.
1882–3 Schaff'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. Obsolete.
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c1380 J. Wyclif 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.
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society > authority > subjection > [adjective] > deprived of liberty
unfreec1380
libertyless1643
unliberated1970
society > authority > subjection > slavery or bondage > [adjective] > enslaved or in bondage
theowc888
thrall1297
bond1330
unfreec1380
servile1447
boundenc1480
thralled1527
bound1532
thirl1582
enthralled?1587
slaved1639
beslaved1656
enslaved1667
bondaged1790
unemancipated1811
c1380 J. Wyclif Sel. Wks. I. 363 And so, as myche as in hem is, þei have maad Crist unfree.
1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. xii. 207 If it be demaunded why God created man free, and not vnfree.
1602 J. Davies Mirum in Modum sig. K3 Better vnfree (saist thou) then be so ill, But tis not ill at libertie to bee.
1849 J. M. Kemble Saxons in Eng. I. 203 The children..of parents who are both unfree, or..of one unfree parent.1866 C. Kingsley Hereward the Wake II. i. 1 All the folk, free and unfree, man and woman, were out on the streets.1882 W. B. Weeden Social Law Labor 40 The savage is the most unfree man in the world.absolute.1864 C. Kingsley Roman & Teuton iii. Pref. 54 The custom of chiefs choosing..their companions-in-arms, from among the most valiant of the unfree.1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People i. §2. 13 A slave class, a class of the unfree.
5. Not holding the position of a free or privileged member of a corporation. Obsolete or archaic.
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society > law > legal right > right of specific class, person, or place > [adjective] > having franchises or privileges > not
charterlessa1420
unfree1442
infree1584
unaffranchized1611
unfranchised1648
unchartered1812
unenfranchised1832
1442 Extr. 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.
1459–60 Cal. Anc. Rec. Dublin (1889) 303 Thay be put out of ther franches and ymad unfre.
1574 in 10th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1885) App. v. 423 None of the inhabitance of Galway, free or onfree, yonge or old.
1608 in Gross Gild Merch. (1890) I. 150 (note) Anie Englishe borne subiect beinge vnfree or no member of this ffellowshippe.
1687 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) I. 407 The lord mayor might drink to one as sherif free or unfree of the citty.
1717 in 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.
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society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > duty on goods > [adjective] > liable to duty
customablea1399
tollable1611
unfree1678
excisable1689
dutiable1774
1678 G. Mackenzie Laws & Customes Scotl. i. 259 The Customers Officers were about to poynd some unfree goods.
1684 London Gaz. No. 1916/1 No such Clause or Provision as makes Free Goods to become Unfree when Laden and taken in Unfree Ships.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1924; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

unfreev.

Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈfriː/, U.S. /ˌənˈfri/
Etymology: un- prefix2 1d(c).
transitive. To make unfree; to deprive of freedom.
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society > authority > subjection > subjecting or subjugation > subject [verb (transitive)] > deprive of freedom
unfreec1380
c1380 J. Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 431 Also oblishyng of men unfreeþ hem to God.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1924; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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