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unenslave en · VERB

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/ˌʌnɪnˈsleɪv/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂éntsder. Proto-Germanic *anda- Proto-West Germanic *anda- Old English and- Old English on- Middle English on- English un- Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Old French en-bor. Middle English en- English en- substrateder.? Proto-Indo-European *ḱlewH-der.? Proto-Slavic *slov- Proto-Slavic *-ǫta Proto-Slavic *Slov-? Proto-Balto-Slavic *-ēnas Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Slavic *-inъ Proto-Slavic *-ěninъ Proto-Slavic *slověninъder. Ancient Greek Σκλαβηνός (Sklabēnós)der. Byzantine Greek Σκλᾰ́βος (Sklắbos)bor. Late Latin Sclavus Medieval Latin sclavusbor. Old French esclavebor. Middle English sclave English slave English enslave English unenslave From un- (prefix meaning 'de-') + enslave.

Meanings

(transitive) To free (someone) from slavery.
- Then the ferocious illuminings of an exiled revelation, / would return rightful to own, to unenslave our embrace again. 2008, Zack Eswine, “Handle the War Passages in an Age of Terror”, in Preaching to a Post-everything World: Crafting Biblical Sermons that Connect with Our Culture, Grand Rapids, Mich.: Baker Books, Baker Publishing Group, →ISBN, part 3 (Engage the Cultures of a Post-everything World), page 204:
- Now whoever heard a person say, "I cannot live without my apple;" […] "I should sink if I did not get my tomato?" No, these are all simple and wholesome, and consequently unenslaving to the appetite, and can be as well supplied by almost any other simple and wholesome production of the vegetable kingdom, […] 1854 November, Henry S[tephen] Clubb, “Vegetarianism”, in The Water-cure Journal and Herald of Reforms, Devoted to Physiology, Hydropathy, and the Laws of Life, volume XVIII, number 5, New York, N.Y.: Fowlers and Wells, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 105, column 1:
- Try as he might, the fool proves that human effort cannot unenslave him. 2016, David Whitcomb, Great Invitations, [Greenville, S.C.]: Ambassador International, →ISBN:
- [S]uch Language God promiſed Moſes vvhen he imployed him as his Agent into Egypt, to uninſlave his bondag'd people, ſaying, Go and I vvill be vvith thy mouth, and teach thee vvhat thou ſhalt ſay, Exod[us] 4. 13. 1650, Jo[hn] Godolphin, “Heavenly Eloquence”, in The Holy Limbeck: Or, A Semicentury of Spiritual Extractions: […], London: […] John Field for Edmund Paxton, […], →OCLC, pages 90–91:

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Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
unenslaved	Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
unenslaved	Tense=Past		lexicographic
unenslaving	Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
uninslave		alternative	lexicographic
unenslaves	Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres		lexicographic

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