unfetter en · VERB
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- [ʌnˈfɛɾɚ] (General-American)
- /ʌnˈfɛtɚ/ (General-American)
Etymology
From un- + fetter.
Meanings
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(transitive) To release from fetters; to unchain; to let loose; to free.
He saw the same Turnkey unfetter a man / With but little expedition
1834 [1799], Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Robert Southey, “The Devil's Thoughts”, in The Poetical Works of S. T. Coleridge, volume II, London: W. Pickering, page 86:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| unfettering | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| unfettered | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| unfettered | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| unfetters | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |
Translations (5)
de befreien (to unchain, to free) · pl wyswobodzić (to unchain, to free) · pl wyswobadzać (to unchain, to free) · pl wyswabadzać (to unchain, to free) · de entfesseln (to unchain, to free)