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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
sit loose en · VERB
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(dated) To be careless or indifferent (to something).
[…] get used to dealing directly with God and feel that He is the one sure thing, then they get accustomed to sitting loose to all else, and aren't ready to take anything else, finally speaking, on authority — much as they may respect authority.
1955, James Albert Pike, John W. Pyle, The Church, Politics, and Society: Dialogues on Current Problems, page 130:[…] the man who, sitting loose to the objects of the world, has become altogether a Christian.
1848, Thomas Chalmers, Sermons on public occasions, page 286:
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