Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Free \Free\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Freed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Freeing}.] [OE. freen, freoien, AS. fre['o]gan. See {Free},
a.]
1. To make free; to set at liberty; to rid of that which
confines, limits, embarrasses, oppresses, etc.; to
release; to disengage; to clear; -- followed by from, and
sometimes by off; as, to free a captive or a slave; to be
freed of these inconveniences. --Clarendon.
Our land is from the rage of tigers freed. --Dryden.
Arise, . . . free thy people from their yoke.
--Milton.
2. To remove, as something that confines or bars; to relieve
from the constraint of.
This master key Frees every lock, and leads us to
his person. --Dryden.
3. To frank. [Obs.] --Johnson.
Source : WordNet®
freed
adj 1: freed from bondage [syn: {emancipated}, {liberated}]
2: having become freed from entanglement; disengaged [syn: {disentangled},
{extricated}]