enfreedom en · VERB
Etymology
From en- + freedom.
Meanings
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(obsolete, transitive) To set free.
Bethink of its children enfreedomed to play, Of its pastimes at ball and its games of croquet
1885, Alfred Huidekoper, Meadowside Musings and Songs of the Affections, A Plea for Summer:setting thee at liberty, enfreedoming thy person
c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Loues Labour’s Lost”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i]:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| enfreedoms | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| enfreedomed | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| enfreedomed | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| enfreedoming | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |