unloose
pronunciation
How to pronounce unloose in British English:
UK [ˌʌnˈlu:s]
How to pronounce unloose in American English:
US [ˌʌn'lus]
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- Verb:
- grant freedom to; free from confinement
- loosen the ties of
Word Origin
- unloose (v.)
- mid-14c., "relax;" late 14c., "to set free," from un- (2), used here emphatically, + loose. Old English had unliesan "unloose, set free." Related: Unloosed; unloosing.
Example
- 1. And preached , saying , there cometh one mightier than I after me , the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and unloose .
- 2. And he preached , saying , there cometh after me he that is mightier than I , the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and unloose .
- 3. I baptize with water : but there standeth one among you , whom ye know not ; he it is , who coming after me is preferred before me , whose shoe 's latchet I am not worthy to unloose .
- 4. John answered , saying unto them all , I indeed baptize you with water ; but one mightier than I cometh , the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose : he shall baptize you with the holy ghost and with fire .