UNLOOSEN

unloose, unloosen

(verb) loosen the ties of; “unloose your sneakers”

free, liberate, release, unloose, unloosen, loose

(verb) grant freedom to; free from confinement

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

unloosen (third-person singular simple present unloosens, present participle unloosening, simple past and past participle unloosened)

To unloose; to loosen.

Source: Wiktionary


Un*loos"en, v. t. Etym: [1st pref. un- (intensive) + loosen.]

Definition: To loosen; to unloose.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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