"make free of" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: makes free of [present, singular, third-person], making free of [participle, present], made free of [participle, past], made free of [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|make<,,made> free of}} make free of (third-person singular simple present makes free of, present participle making free of, simple past and past participle made free of)
  1. To use something that belongs to another person (often with permission) Related terms: make free with
    Sense id: en-make_free_of-en-verb-tWQJWxZU Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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          "text": "1967, Berechiah ben Natronai ha-Nakdan, Fables of a Jewish Aesop, translated by Moses Hadas, Jaffrey, NH: David R. Godine, 2001, p. 110 https://books.google.ca/books?id=s6EjsopJmp4C&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false\nThere she saw many mice making free of wheat and barley; six measures of barley they meted out to themselves to bring to their holes, until they had enough and to spare."
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