Unloose

/(ˌ)ʌnˈluːs/ · verb

Meaning

To loosen or undo (something that entangles, fastens, holds, or interlocks)..

Definitions by Sense

1. To loosen or undo (something that entangles, fastens, holds, or interlocks).
2. To relax or slacken (something that clasps or grips, such as the arms or hands).
3. To free (someone or something) from a constraint; (figuratively) to release (something which has been suppressed, such as emotions or objectionable things).
4. To remove or take off (especially something undesirable).
5. To become loose or come off.
6. To free from a constraint.

Example Sentences

Turne him to any Cauſe of Pollicy, / The Gordian Knot of it he will vnlooſe, / Familiar as his Garter: […]

[S]uch ſmiling rogues as theſe, / Like Rats oft bite the holy cords a twaine, / Which are t' intrince, t' vnlooſe: […]

[…] There commeth one mightier than I after me, the latchet of whose ſhooes I am not worthy to ſtoupe downe, and vnlooſe.

Death opens the gate of fame, and ſhuts the gate of envy after it,—it unlooſes the chain of the captive, and puts the bondſman’s taſk into another man's hands.

I abide not the imposition of hands—take off your grasp from my cloak, or I will find means to make you unloose it.

Forgetting his disgust, Brice tore away the shirt and unloosed the belt. It was saturated with water like the rest of the clothing, but its pocket seemed heavy and distended. In another instant he had opened it, and discovered the envelope containing the packet of greenbacks, its seal still inviolate and unbroken. It was the stolen treasure!

[T]here was plenty of opportunity to modernise in the years up to 1939, but since then the Second World War and its aftermath of expenditure rigidly controlled by Government held up any progress until at last the purse-strings were unloosed five years ago. But an enormous amount of leeway needs to be made up.

Then Yorke vnlooſe thy long impriſoned thoughts, / And let thy tongue be equall with thy heart.

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