Librate

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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           Their parts all librate on too nice a beam. --Clifton.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Librate \Li"brate\, v. t.
     To poise; to balance.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  librate
       v 1: determine the weight of; "The butcher weighed the chicken"
            [syn: {weigh}]
       2: vibrate before coming to a total rest; "the children's swing
          librated"