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  • verb archaic Third-person singular simple present indicative form of loose.

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loose + -eth

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Examples

  • And agane, I say, any unlearned man, and not exercised in the woord of God, nor yit constant in his faith, whatsoever estaite or order he be of; I say, he hath no power to bynd or loose, seing he wanteth the instrument by the which he bindeth or looseth, that is to say, the word of God.

    The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6) John Knox

  • Quoth the saw ‘Whoso looseth his sight wearieth his sprite.’

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • And only the dragon is a-feared when he heareth his voice, and fleeth into a den, and may not suffer the smell thereof; and faileth in himself, and looseth his comfort.

    Archive 2008-07-01 2008

  • And only the dragon is a-feared when he heareth his voice, and fleeth into a den, and may not suffer the smell thereof; and faileth in himself, and looseth his comfort.

    Their wonderful smell attracts all four-footed creatures, but the savagery of their heads frightens the creatures away 2008

  • The LORD looseth the prisoners: 8. The LORD openeth the eyes of the blind: the LORD raiseth them that are bowed down: the LORD loveth the righteous: 9. The LORD preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.

    Villaraigosa And Nunez Cut And Run - Video Report 2006

  • He looseth the bond of kings, and girdeth their loins with a girdle.

    Probably Just One Of Those Funny Coincidences 2006

  • The LORD looseth the prisoners: 8. The LORD openeth the eyes of the blind: the LORD raiseth them that are bowed down: the LORD loveth the righteous: 9. The LORD preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.

    Probably Just One Of Those Funny Coincidences 2006

  • He looseth the bond of kings, and girdeth their loins with a girdle.

    Villaraigosa And Nunez Cut And Run - Video Report 2006

  • But, on the contrary, the ancients called the god the Freer and Loosener, and thought him considerable in divination; not, as Euripides says, because he makes men raging mad, but because he looseth and frees the soul from all base distrustful fear, and puts them in a condition to speak truth freely to one another.

    Symposiacs 2004

  • But, on the contrary, the ancients called the god the Freer and Loosener, and thought him considerable in divination; not, as Euripides says, because he makes men raging mad, but because he looseth and frees the soul from all base distrustful fear, and puts them in a condition to speak truth freely to one another.

    Essays and Miscellanies 2004

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