Unloose
[ʌn'luːs] or [,ʌn'lus]
Definition
(v. t.) To make loose; to loosen; to set free.
(v. i.) To become unfastened; to lose all connection or union.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Unbind, loose, loosen, untie, unfasten, unbuckle.
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Definition
v.t. to make loose: to set free.—v.t. Unloos′en to unloose.
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Examples
- Then, of course, not valuing it, she would unloose, and return it to you? Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Unloose your hold on the lady's rein, said Cedric, coming up. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- A sad truth, replied Gurth; but if these same thirty zecchins will buy my freedom from you, unloose my hands, and I will pay them to you. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
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