disimˈprison, v.
Also 9 disem-.
[f. dis- 6 + imprison: cf. F. désemprisonner (in Cotgr.).]
trans. To release from imprisonment or confinement; to set at liberty. Also fig.
| 1611 Cotgr. Desprisonner, to vnprison, or disimprison. 1664 Power Exp. Philos. i. 61 They can hardly be separated, and dis-imprisoned as in Minerals. 1671 Grew Anat. Plants i. i. §44 (1682) 9 The now effoliated Lobes..being once dis-imprisoned from their Coats..must needs very considerably amplifie themselves. 1845 R. W. Hamilton Pop. Educ. vi. (ed. 2) 134 The keys which shall unlock the word of life to hundreds of millions and disimprison those hundreds of millions themselves. 1858 Carlyle Fredk. Gt. I. i. i. 21 ‘All History is an imprisoned Epic’..says Sauerteig there. I wish he had disimprisoned it in this instance! |
Hence disimˈprisoned ppl. a., disimˈprisoning vbl. n. and ppl. a.; also disimˈprisonment, the action of disimprisoning.
| 1611 Cotgr., Disemprisonné, disimprisoned..delivered out of prison. 1656 Earl of Monmouth Advt. fr. Parnass. 193 After the disimprisonment of the commendador. 1659 Torriano, Discarceratura, a disimprisoning. 1777 Toplady in R. Palmer Bk. of Praise 427 There shall my disimprison'd soul Behold Him and adore. 1837 Carlyle Fr. Rev. (1872) I. vi. i. 184 The open violent Rebellion and Victory of disimprisoned Anarchy against corrupt worn-out Authority. 1878 Browning Poets Croisic 101 How can the youthful châtelaine but pant For disemprisonment? |