enfreedom

English

Etymology

From en- +‎ freedom.

Verb

enfreedom (third-person singular simple present enfreedoms, present participle enfreedoming, simple past and past participle enfreedomed)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To set free.
   • c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Loues Labour’s Lost”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i]:

     setting thee at liberty, enfreedoming thy person

   • 1885, Alfred Huidekoper, Meadowside Musings and Songs of the Affections, A Plea for Summer:

     Bethink of its children enfreedomed to play,
     Of its pastimes at ball and its games of croquet

References

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