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loose (l<oomac/s), a. [Compar. Looser (l<oomac/s"<etil/r); superl. Loosest.] [OE. loos, lous
| loose | (l<oomac/s), a. [Compar. Looser (l<oomac/s"<etil/r); superl. Loosest.] [OE. loos, lous, laus, Icel. lauss; akin to OD. loos, D. los, AS. les false, deceitful, G. los, loose, Dan. & Sw. ls, Goth. laus, and E. lose. |
| loose | , n. 1.
Freedom from restraint. [Obs.] Prior.
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A letting go; discharge. B. Jonson.
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To give a loose, to give freedom.
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-Vent all its griefs, and give a loose to sorrow. Addison.
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| loose | (l<oomac/s), v. n. [imp. & p. p. Loosed (l<oomac/st); p. pr. & vb. n. Loosing.] [From Loose, a.] 1.
To untie or unbind; to free from any fastening; to remove the shackles or fastenings of; to set free; to relieve.
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-Canst thou . . . loose the bands of Orion ? Job. xxxviii. 31.
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-Ye shall find an ass tied, and a colt with her; loose them, and bring them unto me. Matt. xxi. 2.
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2.
To release from anything obligatory or burdensome; to disengage; hence, to absolve; to remit.
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-Art thou loosed from a wife ? seek not a wife. 1 Cor. vii. 27.
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-Whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. Matt. xvi. 19.
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3.
To relax; to loosen; to make less strict.
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-The joints of his loins were loosed. Dan. v. 6.
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4.
To solve; to interpret. [Obs.] Spenser.
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| loose | , v. i.
To set sail. [Obs.] Acts xiii. 13.
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