disenthral

[ dis-en-thrawl ]

verb (used with object)

, dis·en·thralled, dis·en·thralling.

1. disenthrall.

disenthral

/ ˌdɪsɪnˈθrɔːl /

verb

1. tr to set free

Derived Forms

• ˌdisenˈthralment, noun

Other Words From

• disen·thralment noun

Example Sentences

Here he lurked until the brilliant attempt was made to disenthral his country by Mexia, in 1838.

From Project Gutenberg

Disenthral, Disenthrall, dis-en-thrawl′, v.t. to free from enthralment.—n.

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In vain the Gods attempted to deliver her; with Vulcan, only rested the secret and the power to disenthral her; and as the price of her freedom, Juno promised to procure him a wife from amongst the heavenly conclave.

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She almost thought that she would waltz at Mrs. Jones's ball; perhaps not with Captain De Baron; perhaps not with much energy or with full enjoyment; but still sufficiently to disenthral herself.

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Fostered by the spirit of freedom, which goes before to disenthral the mind from that state of servitude in which its powers had been made to minister to ignorant and wayward ambition, or still more cramping and perverting superstition, it promises to gain an universal ascendancy, and to render all that influence which had been arrayed against it, henceforth subservient only to its triumphs.

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Related Words

• liberate
• loosen