freeth

Verb

free (third-person singular simple present frees, present participle freeing, simple past and past participle freed)

1. (transitive) To make free; set at liberty; release.
   • Pro.[…]Spirit, fine ſpirit, Ile free thee / Within two dayes for this.1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published...
2. (transitive) To rid of something that confines or oppresses.
   • Then I walked about, till I found on the further side, a great river of sweet water, running with a strong current; whereupon I called to mind the boat-raft I had made aforetime and said to myself, "Needs must I make another; haply I may free me from this strait. If I escape, I have my desire and I...1885, Richard F. Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Night 564
3. (transitive) To relinquish (previously allocated memory) to the system.
   • There is no way to access that original area of memory, nor is there any way to free it before the program ends.2002, Jesse Liberty, SAMS Teach Yourself C++ in 24 Hours, page 148

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