Crossword clues for loosing
loosing
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Loose \Loose\ (l[=oo]s), v. n. [imp. & p. p. Loosed (l[=oo]st); p. pr. & vb. n. Loosing.] [From Loose, a.]
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To untie or unbind; to free from any fastening; to remove the shackles or fastenings of; to set free; to relieve.
Canst thou . . . loose the bands of Orion ?
--Job. xxxviii. 31.Ye shall find an ass tied, and a colt with her; loose them, and bring them unto me.
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2. To release from anything obligatory or burdensome; to disengage; hence, to absolve; to remit.
Art thou loosed from a wife ? seek not a wife.
--1 Cor. vii. 27.Whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.
--Matt. xvi. 19. -
To relax; to loosen; to make less strict.
The joints of his loins were loosed.
--Dan. v. 6. To solve; to interpret. [Obs.]
--Spenser.
Wiktionary
vb. (present participle of loose English)
Usage examples of "loosing".
It is the time for it, after all, and even Kushelines rejoice to see the Sun Prince woo the Winter Queen into loosing her grip on the darkness.
Harskari had never asked and had even refused such loosing when Aleytys offered.
She smiled again, wondering just what she was loosing on the world, took a sip of the cha.
Ashe asked, loosing his tentative hold on the dragon slightly to assess the man more thoroughly.
Birdie ducked, her drug-impaired balance failed her, and she fell, loosing her dagger.
Wind-quick Iris curbed the team and loosing them from the chariot threw ambrosial fodder down before their hoofs.
Simois and Scamander rush together, the white-armed goddess Hera reined her team, loosing them from the chariot-yoke and round them poured a dense shrouding mist and before their hoofs the Simois sprang ambrosial grass for them to graze.
Down the front he charged, crested in flashing bronze, Hector loosing a savage cry and flaring on like fire, like the god of fire, the blaze that never dies.