free vb. (2 a rare sense; cf. Romans vi. 7)
1.
to secure “from”
Wint. IV. iii. [iv.] 446
“we thee From the dead blow
of it.”
2.
to clear from blame
or stain, absolve, acquit
Wint. III. ii. 112
“mine honour, Which I
would ,”
H8 II. iv. 155, Cor. IV. vii. 47,
Ham. V. ii. 256
“ me so
far in your most generous
thoughts,”
Lucr. 1208.
3.
to get rid of, banish
Mac. III. vi. 35
“ from
our feasts . . . bloody knives,”
Cym. III. vi. 79; to
obtain remission of (a sin) Tp. Epil. 18.
