Middle English Dictionary Entry

unlọ̄sen v.
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Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)

1.
(a) To free (sb. from the bonds of sin, the soul from sin); liberate (sb. from the body), move (sb.) to rapture; also, release (grace), set loose; (b) to disengage (one’s riches from oneself); also, refl. detach oneself (from affection).
2.
(a) To open something [1st quot.]; also, untie or loosen (a shoe, knot); ~ lippes, speak; ben unlosed, come loose, come undone; (b) to remove (bonds); unbind (a wound); unwrap (a shrouded corpse), uncover; (c) to stretch forth (a finger), extend; (d) ppl. unlosing, med. increasing the volume of urine, promoting urination.
3.
(a) To make (sb.) weak, overcome; ben unlosed, of courage: become faint; of hands: become weak, fail; ppl. unlosed as adj.: weak, feeble, limp; (b) to abolish (the Old Law), destroy.