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befree

befree verb: to make or set free; liberate; deliver; release.

Verb

befree (third-person singular simple present befrees, present participle befreeing, simple past and past participle befreed)

  1. (dated, transitive) To make or set free; liberate; deliver; release.
    • 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.1917, Massachusetts. Constitutional convention, Journal...
    • They helped rather the big industrialists than to befree the poors from the yoke of the money-lenders.1975, Asia Institute, Asian perspectives, Hague, Netherlands

Forms of befree

third-person singular presentbefrees
present participlebefreeing
past participlebefreed
pastbefreed

Origin of befree

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”), Swedish befria (“to liberate, free, deliver”).

Questions about befree

What does befree mean?
Befree means to make or set free; liberate; deliver; release.
What part of speech is befree?
Befree is a verb.
What is the past tense of befree?
The past tense of befree is befreed.

Words near befree in the dictionary

  1. befrauded
  2. befrauding
  3. befrauds
  4. befraught
  5. befreckled
  6. befree
  7. befreed
  8. befreeing
  9. befrees
  10. befreeze
  11. befreezes

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