Emily Dickinson Lexicon

LOOSE, v.t. [loos; Sax. lysan, alysan, leosan; Sw. lösa; D. lossen, loozen; G. lösen; Dan. löser; Goth. lausyan; Gr. λυω, contracted from the same root. The W. llaesu, signifies to relax, but may be from the root of lax. These words coincide with the Ch. Syr. Ar. and Heb. חלץ. Class Ls, No. 30.]

1. To untie or unbind; to free from any fastening. Canst thou loose the bands of Orion? – Job xxxviii. Ye shall and an ass tied, and a colt with her; loose them, and bring them to me. Matth. xxi.
2. To relax. The joints of his loins were loosed. – Dan. v.
3. To release from imprisonment; to liberate; to set at liberty. The captive exile hasteneth that he may be loosed. – Is. li.
4. To free from obligation. Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife. – 1 Cor. vii.
5. To free from any thing that binds or shackles; as, a man loosed from lust and pelf. – Dryden.
6. To relieve; to free from any thing burdensome or afflictive. Woman, thou art loosed from thine infirmity. – Luke xiii.
7. To disengage; to detach; as, to loose one's hold.
8. To put off. Loose thy shoe from off thy foot. – Josh. v.
9. To open. Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof? Rev. v.
10. To remit; to absolve. Whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth, shall be loosed in heaven. Matth. xvi.