LIBRATE - 5 definitions found
librate v 1: determine the weight of; "The butcher weighed the chicken" [syn: weigh, librate] 2: vibrate before coming to a total rest; "the children's swing librated" Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Librate \Li"brate\ (l[imac]"br[=a]t), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Librated (l[imac]"br[asl]*t[e^]d); 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. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Librate \Li"brate\, v. t. To poise; to balance. Soule\'s Dictionary of English Synonyms librate v. a. Balance, poise, hold in equipoise. |
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