mainprise (English, verb)
expansion: mainprise (third-person singular simple present mainprises, present participle mainprising, simple past and past participle mainprised)
Senses:
topics: law
glosses: To allow (a prisoner) to go at large, on his finding sureties, or mainpernors, for his appearance on a given day.
tags: transitive
Forms:
form: mainprises
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: mainprising
tags: participle
present
form: mainprised
tags: participle
past
form: mainprised
tags: past
form: mainprize
tags: alternative