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befree

verb

Etymology

From Middle English *befreen, *bifreen, from Old English befrēoġan (“to free, liberate”); equivalent to be- + free. Cognate with West Frisian befrije (“to liberate”), Dutch bevrijden (“to liberate, deliver”), German befreien (“to set free, liberate”), Swedish befria (“to liberate, free, deliver”).

  1. inherited from befrēoġan — “to free, liberate”
  2. inherited from *befreen✻

Definitions

  1. To make or set free

    To make or set free; liberate; deliver; release.

    • Such is the fascinating future for Russia in the event of the establishment and welding of the befreed Russian Nation into a strong and firm democratic State.
    • They helped rather the big industrialists than to befree the poors from the yoke of the money-lenders.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for befree. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA