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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Loosen \Loos"en\, v. i.
To become loose; to become less tight, firm, or compact. --S.
Sharp.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Loosen \Loos"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Loosened}; p. pr & vb
n. {Loosening}.] [See {Loose}, v. t.]
1. To make loose; to free from tightness, tension, firmness,
or fixedness; to make less dense or compact; as to loosen
a string, or a knot; to loosen a rock in the earth.
After a year's rooting, then shaking doth the tree
good by loosening of the earth. --Bacon.
2. To free from restraint; to set at liberty..
It loosens his hands, and assists his understanding.
--Dryden.
3. To remove costiveness from to facilitate or increase the
alvine discharges of --Bacon.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
loosen
v 1: make loose or looser; "loosen the tension on a rope" [syn: {loose}]
[ant: {stiffen}]
2: disentangle and raise the fibers of "tease wool" [syn: {tease},
{tease apart}]
3: make less dense
4: become loose or looser; "The noose loosened" [syn: {relax}]
[ant: {stiffen}]
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