Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

befree

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.18 in modern English

Syllables: be-free
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To make or set free; liberate; deliver; release.

Dated; Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"Such is the fascinating future for Russia in the event of the establishment and welding of the befreed Russian Nation into a strong and firm democratic State."
"They helped rather the big industrialists than to befree the poors from the yoke of the money-lenders."

Etymology

From Middle English *befreen, *bifreen, from Old English befrēoġan (“to free, liberate”); equivalent to be- + free. Cognate with West Frisian befrije (“to liberate”), Dutch bevrijden (“to liberate, deliver”), German befreien (“to set free, liberate”), Swedish befria (“to liberate, free, deliver”).

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Prefix: be
Root: *befreen, befrēoġan

Usage

Inflected Forms

befrees (present, singular) befreeing (participle, present) befreed (participle, past) befreed (past)

Questions

What does befree mean?: To make or set free; liberate; deliver; release.
Where does befree come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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