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Webster 1913 Edition

Liberate

Lib′er-ate

(-āt)
,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Liberated
(-āˊtĕd)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Liberating
(-āˊtĭng)
.]
[L.
liberatus
, p. p. of
liberare
to free, fr.
liber
free. See
Liberal
,
Adj.
, and cf.
Deliver
.]
To release from restraint or bondage; to set at liberty; to free; to manumit; to disengage;
as, to
liberate
a slave or prisoner; to
liberate
the mind from prejudice; to
liberate
gases.
Syn. – To deliver; free; release. See
Deliver
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Liberate

LIB'ERATE

,
Verb.
T.
[L. libero, from liber, free.]
1.
To free; to release from restraint or bondage; to set at liberty; as, to liberate one from duress or imprisonment; to liberate the mind from the shackles of prejudice.
2.
To manumit; as, to liberate a slave.

Definition 2024

liberate

liberate

English

Verb

liberate ‎(third-person singular simple present liberates, present participle liberating, simple past and past participle liberated)

  1. (transitive) To free; to release from restraint or bondage; to set at liberty; to manumit; to disengage.
    to liberate a slave or prisoner
    to liberate the mind from prejudice
    to liberate gases
  2. (transitive, euphemistic) To steal or abscond with (something).
    The neighbor's garden gnome is so ugly, I'm tempted to liberate it for them.

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External links

  • liberate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
  • liberate in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

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Italian

Verb

liberate

  1. second-person plural present of liberare
  2. second-person plural imperative of liberare

Anagrams

Latin

Verb

līberāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of līberō

Participle

līberāte

  1. vocative masculine singular of līberātus

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin liberatus, past participle of liberare ‎(“to set free, deliver”), from liber ‎(“free”); see liberal.

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