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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.

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