Loosing

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Loose \Loose\ (l[=oo]s), v. n. [imp. & p. p. {Loosed}
     (l[=oo]st); p. pr. & vb. n. {Loosing}.] [From {Loose}, a.]
     1. To untie or unbind; to free from any fastening; to remove
        the shackles or fastenings of; to set free; to relieve.
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              Canst thou . . . loose the bands of Orion ? --Job.
                                                    xxxviii. 31.
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              Ye shall find an ass tied, and a colt with her;
              loose them, and bring them unto me.   --Matt. xxi.
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     2. To release from anything obligatory or burdensome; to
        disengage; hence, to absolve; to remit.
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              Art thou loosed from a wife ? seek not a wife. --1
                                                    Cor. vii. 27.
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              Whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed
              in heaven.                            --Matt. xvi.
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     3. To relax; to loosen; to make less strict.
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              The joints of his loins were loosed.  --Dan. v. 6.
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     4. To solve; to interpret. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  30 Moby Thesaurus words for "loosing":
     demobilization, discharge, dismissal, parole, release, unbinding,
     unbolting, unbridling, unbuckling, uncaging, unchaining,
     unfettering, ungagging, unhanding, unharnessing, unhobbling,
     unlashing, unlatching, unleashing, unlocking, unloosing,
     unmanacling, unmuzzling, unpenning, unshackling, unstrapping,
     untethering, untrussing, untying, unyoking