disenslave

English

Etymology

dis- +‎ enslave

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˌdɪsənˈsleɪv/

Verb

disenslave (third-person singular simple present disenslaves, present participle disenslaving, simple past and past participle disenslaved)

  1. (obsolete) To free from slavery, to emancipate.
    • 1692–1717, Robert South, Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, 6th edition, volumes (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: […] J[ames] Bettenham, for Jonah Bowyer, […], published 1727, →OCLC:
      He shall disenslave and redeem his soul.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “disenslave”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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