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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Free \Free\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Freed}; p. pr & vb n. {Freeing}.] [OE. freen, freoien AS fre['o]gan. See {Free}, a.] 1. 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. --Clarendon. Our land is from the rage of tigers freed. --Dryden. Arise, . . . free thy people from their yoke. --Milton. 2. 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. --Dryden. 3. To frank. [Obs.] --Johnson. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: freed adj 1: freed from bondage [syn: {emancipated}, {liberated}] 2: having become freed from entanglement; disengaged [syn: {disentangled}, {extricated}]
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