transitive. To make free; to set at liberty; to release from bondage or confinement. Also figurative.
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释义 | society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > liberation > set free [verb (transitive)] (158) freeeOE transitive. To make free; to set at liberty; to release from bondage or confinement. Also figurative. letc1000 To set free, liberate; also with complement, to let free, to let at large. Obsolete (but cf. to let loose at sense 19). alithOE transitive. To set free, release; to rescue, save. areim-ena1250 To set at large, liberate. alaskic1300 transitive. To set free, relieve. fritha1325 To free, liberate. Cf. freith, v. loose1340 In immaterial sense: To set free, release, emancipate; †to absolve (a person). Const. from (†of). unfetterc1374 In figurative contexts or uses. to let goc1384 to let go. transitive. To allow to escape; to set at liberty; to lose one's hold of; to relax (one's hold); to drop (an anchor). releasec1384 transitive. To make or set free; to free from restraint, confinement, or captivity; (also) to liberate from pain, an obligation, etc. freitha1400 transitive. To set free, liberate. to freith oneself: to perform one's promise. esp. in Scots Law. To release from an obligation or pecuniary burden. to let farea1400 In wider sense = go, v. of persons, literal. to let fare: = to let go. Obsolete. assoil1401 To release, deliver, set free; to discharge. Const. of, from. archaic. remit1467 transitive. To discharge, release, liberate (a person). Also with of, to. Obsolete. affranchise1477 transitive. To set free; to liberate, emancipate. Also with from, †of. resplaitc1531 transitive. To set free, release. discussa1542 transitive. To shake off, remove; to separate. Also: to set free, loosen. Obsolete. freedom1548 transitive. To set free; to free. to set (go, walk, etc.) free1609 Allowed to go where one wishes, not kept in confinement or custody. Also: released from confinement or imprisonment. Frequently in to set (go, walk… re-enfranchise1611 transitive. To set (a person) free. Obsolete. rare. unhook1611 transitive. To detach from a hook; to disengage or unfasten in this way. Also reflexive. See also hook, v. 5b. unloose1614 transitive. To bring into operation or action; to let loose, unleash (esp. something violent or undesirable); also with on, upon. In later use also… liberate1623 transitive. To set free (someone or something confined or in servitude); to release. Frequently with from. disenfranchise1626 To set free, liberate, enfranchise. Obsolete. rare. assert1638 transitive. To bring into freedom, set free. (Cf. Latin asserere in libertatem.) Obsolete. rare. relinquish1671 transitive. To relieve (a person) of an obligation, fear, etc. uncork1749 transferred and figurative. unfankle1824 transitive. To unfetter, set free. Subcategories:— deliver or redeem (7) — declare a person free (1) — set free from servitude or subjection (3) — free from legal or political subjection (4) — from slavery (10) — from patria potestas (1) — from captivity (1) — from confinement (56) — free from restraint (37) — free from regulation or restriction (5) — free from government control (1) — free from enemy occupation (1) — free from debt (1) — escape (2) |
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