v. t. | 1. | To set free from restraint; to set at liberty; to release; to liberate, as from control; to give up; to free; to save; to rescue from evil actual or feared; - often with from or out of; |
2. | To give or transfer; to yield possession or control of; to part with (to); to make over; to commit; to surrender; to resign; - often with up or over, to or into. | |
3. | To make over to the knowledge of another; to communicate; to utter; to speak; to impart. | |
4. | To give forth in action or exercise; to discharge; An uninstructed bowler . . . thinks to attain the jack by delivering his bowl straightforward upon it. | |
5. | To free from, or disburden of, young; to relieve of a child in childbirth; to bring forth; - often with of. | |
6. | To discover; to show. | |
7. | To deliberate. | |
8. | To admit; to allow to pass. | |
a. | 1. | Free; nimble; sprightly; active. |