Definition of "set free" [set free]

• To release, to free, to give freedom to. (verb)

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• "Experience shows that nerve-force is generated and set free whenever the cerebro-spinal system is excited."
• "As for the King and us, whom they ought to have set free at sunrise, they kept us until sunset; and we had nothing to eat the whole time, nor the Emirs neither, for they were disputing among themselves the whole day."
• "Damietta is surrendered to the Turks, and after many perils the Christians are set free Some of the rich men sail for home How the first half of the ransom is paid, and Joinville robs the Templars 'Bank by force of arms ..... 185"