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
librate (plural librates)
(obsolete) A piece of land having a value of one pound per year
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.
• 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
24 January 2025
(noun) a state of agitation or turbulent change or development; “the political ferment produced new leadership”; “social unrest”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
