unslavev.
(un- prefix2 1b(b). Cf. Dutch ontslaven.)
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society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > liberation > set free [verb (transitive)] > from slavery
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a1618 J. Sylvester tr. G. Fracastoro Maidens Blush (1620) sig. E7 I'll give you all the golden good I have,..your Brother to un-slave.
1633 P. Fletcher Poeticall Misc. 74 in Purple Island Thou freest Servant, from this yoke unslave me.
1720 in T. D'Urfey Wit & Mirth VI. 210 Suppose a Man does all he can, To unslave himself from a scolding Wife.
1729 J. Swift Let. 31 Oct. L—— C——, who doth his duty of a good governor in unslaving this kingdom as much as he can.
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