unfreedadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈfriːd/, U.S. /ˌənˈfrid/ (un- prefix1 2.)
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society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restraint depriving of liberty > [adjective] > not freed
unreleaseda1425
undelivereda1513
unfreed1565
undischarged1605
ransomless1645
unliberated1791
1565 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1877) 1st Ser. I. 423 How lang that evir the said Thomas remanit in Ingland unfred or put to libertie.
1648 H. Hexham Groot Woorden-boeck Onbevrijdt, vnfreed, or Vnfranchized.
1715 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad I. ii. 213 Shall beauteous Helen still remain unfreed?
1852 M. Arnold Empedocles on Etna, & Other Poems 169 Death in their prison reaches them Unfreed, having seen nothing, still unblest.
1873 W. Morris Love is Enough 127 Few folk as friends shall unfreed Pharamond meet.
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