to set free; to liberate or release from bondage or constraint (archaic).
From en- + free (from Old English freo), a simple but forceful combination meaning to make free.
This archaic word shows English's love of efficiency—when 'free' as a verb already meant liberation, adding 'en-' made it slightly more forceful, like the difference between 'free' and 'set free.'
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