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fre

Pronunciation: /frøː/

“fre” is a Middle English word. Its 8 meanings in English:

adjective

  1. Having the status of a freeman, not enslaved.
  2. Liberated from evil or damnation; redeemed.
  3. Free from a duty, tax, or obligation.
  4. Having free action or free will.
  5. Unobstructed, clear, useable.
  6. Charitable, generous, virtuous.

adverb

  1. freely, lacking opposition
  2. with glee, enthusiastically

Etymology

Inherited from Old English frēo, from Proto-West Germanic *frī, from Proto-Germanic *frijaz. Some forms are from friġ, an alternate Old English form.

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