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unfetter

verb
/ʌnˈfɛtɚ/US

Etymology

From un- + fetter.

  1. inherited from *ped-✻ — “to step, walk; to fall, stumble”
  2. inherited from *feturaz✻ — “fetter”
  3. inherited from *fetur✻
  4. inherited from feter
  5. inherited from feter
  6. formed as unfetter — “un- + fetter”

Definitions

  1. To release from fetters

    To release from fetters; to unchain; to let loose; to free.

    • He saw the same Turnkey unfetter a man / With but little expedition

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