Definition of librate Librate
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We found 8 definitions of librate from 5 different sources.
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What does librate mean?
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| librate - vibrate before coming to a total rest; "the children's swing librated" | ||
| oscillate, vibrate move or swing from side to side regularly; "the needle on the meter was oscillating" | ||
| librate - determine the weight of; "The butcher weighed the chicken" | ||
| weigh | ||
| quantify, measure express as a number or measure or quantity; "Can you quantify your results?" | ||
| heft test the weight of something by lifting it | ||
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Wiktionary 
- librate (Noun)
A piece of land having a value of one pound per year. - librate (Verb)
To oscillate.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- librate (v. i.)
To vibrate as a balance does before resting in equilibrium; hence, to be poised. - librate (v. t.)
To poise; to balance.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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librate
lī′brāt, v.t. to poise: to balance.—v.i. to move slightly: to be poised.—n. Librā′tion, balancing: a state of equipoise: a slight swinging motion.—adj. Lī′bratory.—Libration of the moon, an apparent irregularity in the moon's motion, whereby its globe seems to turn slightly round to each side alternately. [L. librāre, -ātum—libra, balance.]
Part of speech
🔤- librate, verb, present, 1st person singular of librate (infinitive).
- librate, verb (infinitive).
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