Part 6646

<blockquote>Vent all its griefs, and <b>give a loose</b> to sorrow. <i>Addison.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Loose</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. n.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Loosed</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Loosing</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[From <er>Loose</er>, <tt>a.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To untie or unbind; to free from any fastening; to remove the shackles or fastenings of; to set free; to relieve.</def>

<blockquote>Canst thou . . . <b>loose</b> the bands of Orion ? <i>Job. xxxviii. 31.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Ye shall find an ass tied, and a colt with her; <b>loose</b> them, and bring them unto me. <i>Matt. xxi. 2.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To release from anything obligatory or burdensome; to disengage; hence, to absolve; to remit.</def>

<blockquote>Art thou <b>loosed</b> from a wife ? seek not a wife. <i>1 Cor. vii. 27.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Whatsoever thou shalt <b>loose</b> on earth shall be <b>loosed</b> in heaven. <i>Matt. xvi. 19.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To relax; to loosen; to make less strict.</def>

<blockquote>The joints of his loins were <b>loosed</b>. <i>Dan. v. 6.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To solve; to interpret.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Spenser.</i>

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<hw>Loose</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To set sail.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Acts xiii. 13.</i>

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<hw>Loose"ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a loose manner.</def>

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<hw>Loos"en</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Loosened</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Loosening</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[See <er>Loose</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To make loose; to free from tightness, tension, firmness, or fixedness; to make less dense or compact; <as>as, to <ex>loosen</ex> a string, or a knot; to <ex>loosen</ex> a rock in the earth.</as></def>

<blockquote>After a year's rooting, then shaking doth the tree good by <b>loosening</b> of the earth. <i>Bacon.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To free from restraint; to set at liberty..</def>

<blockquote>It <b>loosens</b> his hands, and assists his understanding. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To remove costiveness from; to facilitate or increase the alvine discharges of.</def>

<i>Bacon.</i>

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<hw>Loos"en</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To become loose; to become less tight, firm, or compact.</def>

<i>S. Sharp.</i>

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