befree

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verb

To make or set free; liberate; deliver; release.

OriginMiddle English *befreen ← Old English befrēoġan →
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Meanings

verbbefree (third-person singular simple present befrees, present participle befreeing, simple past and past participle befreed)

present singular third person befrees · participle present befreeing · participle past befreed · past befreed

  1. datedtransitiveTo make or set free; liberate; deliver; release.

    They helped rather the big industrialists than to befree the poors from the yoke of the money-lenders.

    1975, Asia Institute, Asian perspectives, Hague, Netherlands
    1 more example

    Such is the fascinating future for Russia in the event of the establishment and welding of the befreed Russian Nation into a strong and firm democratic State.

    1917, Massachusetts. Constitutional convention, Journal...

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
absolvefreeliberateset free

Origin

  1. Old Englishbefrēoġan“to free, liberate”
  2. Middle English*befreen
  3. Englishbefree

From Middle English *befreen, *bifreen, from Old English befrēoġan (“to free, liberate”); equivalent to be- + free. Cognate with West Frisian befrije (“to liberate”), Dutch bevrijden (“to liberate, deliver”), German befreien (“to set free, liberate”), Swedish befria (“to liberate, free, deliver”).

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Anagrams

beefer
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APA

befree. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/befree

MLA

“befree.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/befree. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “befree,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/befree.

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