freeëst

freeëst

1. (rare) superlative form of free: most free
   • 1853, Philip Edw[ard] Barnes, “Translator’s Preface”, in History of the Protestants of France, from the Commencement of the Reformation to the Present Time, London: George Routledge & Co., […], translation of [Histoire des Protestants de France: depuis l’origine de la Réformation jusqu’au temps présent] (second edition) by G[uillaume] de Félice, page vi:

     […] the principle of local self-government and strong political action, engendered by the efforts of the Huguenots to protect their liberties, would most probably have made France one of the freeëst nations of the world, have saved it from all its ruinous Revolutions, and possibly have given a wholly different aspect to the face of southern Europe.

   • 1876, John S[tuart] Stuart-Glennie, “The Battlefield of Armageddon”, in Pilgrim-Memories or Travel and Discussion in the Birth-Countries of Christianity with the Late Henry Thomas Buckle, 2nd edition, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., part IV (Palestine), section II, page 353:

     That Ideal, as I conceive it, agrees with the Democratic in so far as it implies the greatest possible equalisation of external advantages, and hence freeëst possible scope for individual effort.

   • 1882, Mrs. Tom Kelly [i.e., May Kelly], “A Grim Maestro”, in Time and Chance: A Novel, volume III, London: Hurst and Blackett, […], book III (Love and Art), page 105:

     I feared thou wouldst not long content thee away from thy native land, and it is right that thou shouldst return if inspiration comes to the freeëst under thine own skies;

   • 1899, Edward Reynolds, “Pathology of Labor”, in Practical Midwifery: A Handbook of Treatment, pages 287–288:

     It is known under the name of bimanual massage of the uterus , and is performed by the insertion of one hand into the vagina and its passage in the extended position and with the palmar surface directed forward, into the posterior fornix of the vagina, while the other hand is applied to the fundus externally and crowds the uterus down into the pelvis in order to permit the internal fingers to have the freeëst possible access to its posterior wall (Fig. 82).

   • 1901, “Advertisement”, in W[illiam] E[rnest] Henley, editor, The Works of Shakespeare, Edinburgh: […] Grant Richards, […]:

     […] correctly printed—the freeëst from mistakes.

   • 1903, P[hilip] J[ames] Bailey, Festus: A Poem, London: Routledge, page 286:

     Papinian, Ulpian, Scævola, here, unite / To assure the spirit severe of its prescriptive right / To freeëst choice, as fits intelligence, / Of Deity sired, and heired with conscience, reason, sense / Of citizenship on high, the heavenly state, / All conquering, freeing all; intangible, even, of fate.

• efreets, reefest, set free