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disenthrall

[dis-en-thrawl]

verb (used with object)

to free from bondage; liberate: to be disenthralled from morbid fantasies.

Origin:
1635–45; dis-¹ + enthrall

Related forms

dis·en·thrall·ment, noun

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disenthral or disenthrall (ˌdɪsɪnˈθrɔːl)

—vb , (US) -thrals, -thralling, -thralled, -thralls, -thralling, -thralled
	(tr) to set free

disenthrall or disenthrall

—vb

disen'thralment or disenthrall

—n

disen'thrallment or disenthrall

—n

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"The dogmas of the quiet past, are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew, and act anew. We must disenthrall ourselves, and then we shall save our country."

-Abraham Lincoln

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