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Webster 1913 Edition

Librate

Li′brate

(lī′brāt)
,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Librated
(lī′brā̍-tĕd)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Librating
.]
[L.
libratus
, p. p. of
librare
to balance, to make even, fr.
libra
. Cf.
Level
,
Deliberate
,
Equilibrium
.]
To vibrate as a balance does before resting in equilibrium; hence, to be poised.
Their parts all
librate
on too nice a beam.
Clifton.

Li′brate

,
Verb.
T.
To poise; to balance.

Webster 1828 Edition

Librate

LI'BRATE

,
Verb.
T.
[L. libro, from libra, a balance, a level; allied perhaps to Eng. level.]
To poise; to balance; to hold in equipoise.

LI'BRATE

,
Verb.
I.
To move, as a balance; to be poised.
Their parts all librate on too nice a beam.

Definition 2025

librate

librate

English

A librating molecule.

Noun

librate ‎(plural librates)

  1. (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)

  1. To oscillate (like the beam of a balance)
    • Clifton
      Their parts all librate on too nice a beam.

Related terms

References

  • OED 2nd edition 1989

Anagrams

Italian

Verb

librate

  1. second-person plural present indicative of librarsi
  2. second-person plural imperative of librarsi
  3. feminine plural of librato

Anagrams

Latin

Participle

lībrāte

  1. vocative masculine singular of lībrātus

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