† unmewv.
poetic. Obsolete. rare.
transitive. To release or set free (the soul). Cf. mew v.3
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society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > liberation > set free [verb (transitive)] > from confinement
unbindc950
to let freec1000
aletOE
to let out1154
loosea1225
slakec1374
loosen1382
to let goc1384
releasec1384
unloosec1400
unlockc1410
dissolvec1420
relievec1450
unloosen?a1475
to set at liberty1509
enlargea1513
to let at large1525
to let loose1530
to turn loose?1566
enfranchise1569
to turn up1573
enfranch1581
unkennel1589
unwind1596
to cast loosec1600
disimmure1611
disimprison1611
unhamper1620
to let abroad1633
unfold1633
disencloister1652
disencage1654
discagea1657
disincarcerate1665
eliminate1745
unspherea1806
unmew1818
unbottle1821
uncage1837
unbag1854
bust1921
1818 J. Keats Endymion i. 9 Let a portion of ethereal dew Fall on my head, and presently unmew My soul.
1852 G. Fisk Orphan Tale 42 The soul unmew'd, went bounding forth at last.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online September 2020).
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