Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To discharge from a prison; set at liberty; free from restraint.
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- verb transitive To
free orrelease from a state ofimprisonment .
Etymologies
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dis- + imprison
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Examples
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It is true that he does not interpret between the brain and music, but he is able to disimprison sound, as no one has ever done with mortal hands, and the piano, when he touches it, becomes a joyous, disembodied thing, a voice and nothing more, but a voice which is music itself.
Plays, Acting and Music A Book Of Theory Arthur Symons 1905
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