enfree

English

Etymology

From en- +‎ free.

Verb

enfree (third-person singular simple present enfrees, present participle enfreeing, simple past and past participle enfreed)

1. (obsolete) To set free.
   • c. 1602, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i]:

     the enfreed Antenor

   • 1883, George Henry Calvert, Threescore, and Other Poems, May-Spirit:

     Everywhere the mould is bursting
     With imprisoned souls enfreed

References

“enfree”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.