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verb

Free v. t. (past & past part. freed; pres. part. freeing)

To make free; to set at liberty; to rid of that which confines, limits, embarrasses, oppresses, etc.; to release; to disengage; to clear; followed by from, and sometimes by off; as, to free a captive or a slave; to be freed of these inconveniences. "Our land is from the rage of tigers freed." "Arise,... free thy people from their yoke."

To remove, as something that confines or bars; to relieve from the constraint of. "This master key Frees every lock, and leads us to his person."

To frank. (Obs.)

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Etymology of 'Freeing'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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— Home Vegetable Gardening • F. F. Rockwell

... eyes and burning cheeks she made one more supreme effort, lifting her arms, freeing her wrists, and throwing the old man staggering from her. Then she leaped the stile, turned, and fled through the rain. But before she reached the end of the field she stopped! She had freed herself—she ...

— Stories in Light and Shadow • Bret Harte

... riches, and can best avoid the corruptions that prosperity is apt to introduce—which generally subdue and triumph over other nations—to show as great justice, temperance, and moderation in the maintaining your liberty, as you have shown courage in freeing yourselves from slavery." ...

— The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 11 • Various

... die like a shot, to know that the earth would really be cleaned of all the people. It is the most beautiful and freeing thought. Then there would NEVER be another foul humanity ...

— Women in Love • D. H. Lawrence

... freeing herself from his encircling arm, "but I like my work and I don't want to give it up. Besides—besides—I thought you'd like to have me ...

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