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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Loose \Loose\, v. n. [imp. & p. p. {Loosed}; p. pr & vb n.
{Loosing}.] [From {Loose}, a.]
1. To untie or unbind; to free from any fastening; to remove
the shackles or fastenings of to set free to relieve.
Canst thou . . . loose the bands of Orion ? --Job.
xxxviii 31.
Ye shall find an ass tied, and a colt with her
loose them and bring them unto me --Matt. xxi.
2.
2. To release from anything obligatory or burdensome; to
disengage; hence to absolve; to remit.
Art thou loosed from a wife ? seek not a wife. --1
Cor. vii. 27.
Whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed
in heaven. --Matt. xvi.
19.
3. To relax; to loosen; to make less strict.
The joints of his loins were loosed. --Dan. v. 6.
4. To solve; to interpret. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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