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To: Frank Broom

loose
Not firmly or tightly fixed in place; detached or able to be detached.


7 posted on 01/09/2015 5:55:38 PM PST by P-Marlowe (Saying that ISIL is not Islamic is like saying Obama is not an Idiot.)
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To: P-Marlowe
adjective, looser, loosest.
1. free or released from fastening or attachment: a loose end.

2. free from anything that binds or restrains; unfettered:

8 posted on 01/09/2015 6:00:57 PM PST by TigersEye (ISIS is the tip of the spear. The spear is Islam.)
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To: P-Marlowe
verb (used with object), loosed, loosing.

20. to let loose; free from bonds or restraint.

21. to release, as from constraint, obligation, or penalty.

22. Chiefly Nautical. to set free from fastening or attachment: to loose a boat from its moorings.

23. to unfasten, undo, or untie, as a bond, fetter, or knot.

24. to shoot; discharge; let fly: to loose missiles at the invaders.

25. to make less tight; slacken or relax.

26. to render less firmly fixed; lessen an attachment; loosen.

9 posted on 01/09/2015 6:03:44 PM PST by TigersEye (ISIS is the tip of the spear. The spear is Islam.)
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To: P-Marlowe

That’s the adjective. He’s using loose as a verb, to set free. That which shall be loosed in heaven shall be loosed on earth. Archaic, but still proper.


10 posted on 01/09/2015 6:03:45 PM PST by Excellence (Marine mom since April 11, 2014)
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To: P-Marlowe
The woman with the hemorrhage DID have faith. That's why she reached out and touched the hem of Jesus' garment.
12 posted on 01/09/2015 6:07:16 PM PST by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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