On Thu, Dec 22, 2005 at 09:15:01PM -0800,
Bob Foster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
a message of 44 lines which said:
> For the vast majority of English speakers, something is free if you
> don't pay for it. Period.
Feel free (pun intended) to redefine the English language:
Free \Free\ (fr[=e]), a. [Compar. Freer (-[~e]r); superl.
Freest (-[e^]st).] [OE. fre, freo, AS. fre['o], fr[imac];
akin to D. vrij, OS. & OHG. fr[imac], G. frei, Icel.
fr[imac], Sw. & Dan. fri, Goth. freis, and also to Skr. prija
beloved, dear, fr. pr[imac] to love, Goth. frij[=o]n. Cf.
Affray, Belfry, Friday, Friend, Frith inclosure.]
1. Exempt from subjection to the will of others; not under
restraint, control, or compulsion; able to follow one's
own impulses, desires, or inclinations; determining one's
own course of action; not dependent; at liberty.
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That which has the power, or not the power, to
operate, is that alone which is or is not free.
--Locke.
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2. Not under an arbitrary or despotic government; subject
only to fixed laws regularly and fairly administered, and
defended by them from encroachments upon natural or
acquired rights; enjoying political liberty.
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3. Liberated, by arriving at a certain age, from the control
of parents, guardian, or master.
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4. Not confined or imprisoned; released from arrest;
liberated; at liberty to go.
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Set an unhappy prisoner free. --Prior.
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5. Not subjected to the laws of physical necessity; capable
of voluntary activity; endowed with moral liberty; -- said
of the will.
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Not free, what proof could they have given sincere
Of true allegiance, constant faith, or love.
--Milton.
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6. Clear of offense or crime; guiltless; innocent.
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My hands are guilty, but my heart is free. --Dryden.
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7. Unconstrained by timidity or distrust; unreserved;
ingenuous; frank; familiar; communicative.
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He was free only with a few. --Milward.
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8. Unrestrained; immoderate; lavish; licentious; -- used in a
bad sense.
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The critics have been very free in their censures.
--Felton.
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A man may live a free life as to wine or women.
--Shelley.
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9. Not close or parsimonious; liberal; open-handed; lavish;
as, free with his money.
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10. Exempt; clear; released; liberated; not encumbered or
troubled with; as, free from pain; free from a burden; --
followed by from, or, rarely, by of.
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Princes declaring themselves free from the
obligations of their treaties. --Bp. Burnet.
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11. Characteristic of one acting without restraint; charming;
easy.
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12. Ready; eager; acting without spurring or whipping;
spirited; as, a free horse.
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13. Invested with a particular freedom or franchise; enjoying
certain immunities or privileges; admitted to special
rights; -- followed by of.
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He therefore makes all birds, of every sect,
Free of his farm. --Dryden.
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14. Thrown open, or made accessible, to all; to be enjoyed
without limitations; unrestricted; not obstructed,
engrossed, or appropriated; open; -- said of a thing to
be possessed or enjoyed; as, a free school.
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Why, sir, I pray, are not the streets as free
For me as for you? --Shak.
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15. Not gained by importunity or purchase; gratuitous;
spontaneous; as, free admission; a free gift.
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16. Not arbitrary or despotic; assuring liberty; defending
individual rights against encroachment by any person or
class; instituted by a free people; -- said of a
government, institutions, etc.
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17. (O. Eng. Law) Certain or honorable; the opposite of
base; as, free service; free socage. --Burrill.
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18. (Law) Privileged or individual; the opposite of common;
as, a free fishery; a free warren. --Burrill.
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19. Not united or combined with anything else; separated;
dissevered; unattached; at liberty to escape; as, free
carbonic acid gas; free cells.
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