Free

fre, a. [fre'er, fre'est.] Not under restraint, control, or compulsion; at liberty; not under arbitrary government; enjoying political liberty; liberated, by arriving at a certain age, from the control of parents or master; released from arrest; capable of voluntary activity; clear of offense or crime; unconstrained by timidity or distrust; unrestrained; immoderate; not close or parsimonious; liberal; not united or combined with anything else; at liberty to escape exempt clear released; invested with a freedom or franchise; not obstructed or appropriated; not gained by importunity or purchase; not arbitrary or despotic; a uring liberty.— v. [freed (fred), freezing.] To make free, set at liberty, disengage, clear; to keep free, exempt; to relieve from the constraint of. [AS. freo, D. vrij, Ic, Sw., and Dan. fri, Goth, freis, G.frei, free; Skr. priya, dear, agreeable, E. friend.] — Free agency. Power of choosing or acting freely. — F. port. (Com.) A port where ships of all nations may load and unload free of duty, provided goods are not carried into the adjoining country; a port where goods are received from ships of all nations at equal rates of duty. F. wind. (Naut.) A fair wind. — Freely, adv. In a free manner; unrestrained; voluntarily; liberally; largely. — Free'ne , n. — Free'dom, -dum, n. State of being free; exemption from control; liberty; particular privileges; franchise; immunity; improper familiarity; license. [AS. freedom.'] — Free'man, n.; pi. -men. One who enjoys liberty; one not a slave or va al; one po e ed of a_peculiar privilege. [AS. freoman.) — Freed'man, fred'-, n. One who has been a slave, and is freed. —Freehold, n. (Law.) An estate in real property, of inheritance or for life; the tenure by which is held. — Free'holder, n. One owning, etc. — Free'boot'er, n. One who wanders about for plunder; a robber; pillager. [G.freibeuter, ir.frei, free, and beute, booty, q. v.] — Free'- ma's on, -sn, n. One of a secret a ociation, said to have been orig. composed of masons, now of persons united for mutual a istance.— Free'ma's onrv, -snrf, n. Institutions or practices of, etc. — Free's tone, n. Stone composed of sand or grit, — easily cut. Free 'thinker, n. One who discards revelation; an unbeliever; skeptic. — Free 'thinking, a. Skeptical. — n. Unbelief — Free'-born, a. Born free; inher- — iting liberty. hand, a. Drawn with the unaided — hand, without instruments or measurement. -hand'ed, a. Generous. — -heart'ed, a. Open; frank; — liberal. liv'er, n. One who gratifies his appetite — — without stint. liv'ing, n. love', n. Doctrine or practice of consorting with one of the opposite sex, — — without marriage. lsv'er, n. mar 'tin, n. A cow-calf twin-born with a bull, — usually barren. — -soil'er, n. In Amer. politics, an opponent of the — extension of slavery; an abolitionist. trade', n. Commerce unrestricted by tariff regulations or cus- — toms duties free interchange of commodities. -trad'er, n. An advocate of, etc. war'ren, n. (Eng. Law.) A royal franchise or exclusive right of killing game within certain limits. will', n. Power of choosing without restraints of natural or — physical_nece ity. a. Spontaneous; voluntary.