LIBRATE

librate

(verb) vibrate before coming to a total rest; “the children’s swing librated”

weigh, librate

(verb) determine the weight of; “The butcher weighed the chicken”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

librate (plural librates)

(obsolete) A piece of land having a value of one pound per year

Verb

librate (third-person singular simple present librates, present participle librating, simple past and past participle librated)

(intransitive) To oscillate (like the beam of a balance)

(transitive) To poise; to balance.

Anagrams

• altbier, betrail, tablier, triable, trilabe

Source: Wiktionary


Li"brate, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Librated p. pr. & & vb. n. Librating.] Etym: [L. libratus, p. p. of librare to balance, to make even, fr. libra.Cf. Level, Deliberate, Equilibrium.]

Definition: To vibrate as a balance does before resting in equilibrium; hence, to be poised. Their parts all liberate on too nice a beam. Clifton.

Li"brate, v. i.

Definition: To poise; to balance.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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