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; unimmoderate: constrained' riot by timidity close or parsimonious; or distrust; unrestrained; 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.t. [freed (fred), freezing.] To make free, set at liberty, disengage, clear; to keep free, exempt: to relieve from the constraint of. — Free'dom, -dum, re. State of being free; exemption from control; liberty; particular privileges; franchise; immunity; improper familiarity; license. — Free'man, re.; pi. -hex. One who enjoys liberty; one not a slave or va al; one po e e'd" of a peculiar privilege. — Freed'man, fred'-, re. One who has been a slave, and is freed. — Free'hold, re. (Law.) An estate in real property, of inheritance or for life; the tenure by which it is held. — Free'hclder, n. One owning, etc. — Free'fcoot'er, n. One who wanders about for plunder; a robber; pillager. — Free'ma's on, -sn, re. 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 onry, -sn-rT, n. Institutions or practices of, etc. — Free's tone, re. Stone composed of sand or grit, — easily cut. — Free'thinker, n. One who discanls revelation; an unbeliever; skeptic. — Free'thinking, a. Skeptical.— re. Unbelief. — Free'born, a. Born free: inheriting liberty. — trade', re. Commerce unrestricted bv tariff regulations or customs duties; free interchange of commodities. — -trad'er, n. An advocate of, etc.