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
20 June 2025
(adjective) marked by simplicity; having a humble opinion of yourself; “a modest apartment”; “too modest to wear his medals”
According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by AlcaldĂa Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de BolĂvar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.
