verb
befree
Befree (verb) means to set someone or something free.
verb
1
To set someone or something free.
"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."
— Massachusetts. Constitutional convention, Journal (1917)
"They helped rather the big industrialists than to befree the poors from the yoke of the money-lenders."
— Asia Institute, Asian perspectives (1975)
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Etymology
Comes 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”) and Swedish befria (“to liberate, free, deliver”).
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"befree" (verb) means to set someone or something free.
