FREE (3)

Free, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Freed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Freeing.] [[OE. freen, freoien, AS. freógan. See Free, a.]] 1. 1. To make free; to set at liberty; to rid of that which confines, limits, embarrasses, oppresses, etc.; to release; to disengage; to clear; — followed by from, and sometimes by off; as, to free a captive or a slave; to be freed of these inconveniences. Clarendon.
Our land is from the rage of tigers freed. Dryden. Arise, . . . free thy people from their yoke. Milton. 2. 2. To remove, as something that confines or bars; to relieve from the constraint of.
This master key Frees every lock, and leads us to his person. Dryden. 3. 3. To frank. Johnson.