enfreedom

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English

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Etymology

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From en- +‎ freedom.

Verb

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enfreedom (third-person singular simple present enfreedoms, present participle enfreedoming, simple past and past participle enfreedomed)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To set free.
    • c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Loues Labour’s Lost”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies [] (First Folio), London: [] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i]:
      setting thee at liberty, enfreedoming thy person
    • 1885, Alfred Huidekoper, Meadowside Musings and Songs of the Affections, A Plea for Summer:
      Bethink of its children enfreedomed to play,
      Of its pastimes at ball and its games of croquet

References

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enfreedom”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.