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Pastimes : Let's Talk About Our Feelings!!!

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To: Ilaine who wrote (53817)9/1/1999 11:46:00 AM
From: Neocon  Read Replies (1) of 108807
 
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Loose \Loose\, v. n. [imp. & p. p. {Loosed}; 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.
Canst thou . . . loose the bands of Orion ? --Job. xxxviii. 31.

Ye shall find an ass tied, and a colt with her; loose them, and bring them unto me. --Matt. xxi. 2.

2. To release from anything obligatory or burdensome; to disengage; hence, to absolve; to remit.

Art thou loosed from a wife ? seek not a wife. --1 Cor. vii. 27.

Whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. --Matt. xvi. 19.

3. To relax; to loosen; to make less strict.

The joints of his loins were loosed. --Dan. v. 6.


4. To solve; to interpret. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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