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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Liberate \Lib"er*ate\ (-[=a]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Liberated}
(-[=a]`t[e^]d); p. pr & vb n. {Liberating}
(-[=a]`t[i^]ng).] [L. liberatus, p. p. of liberare to free
fr liber free See {Liberal}, a., 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}.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
liberate
v 1: give equal rights to of women and minorities [syn: {emancipate}]
2: grant freedom to free from confinement [syn: {free}, {release},
{unloose}, {loose}] [ant: {confine}]
3: grant freedom to "The students liberated their slaves upon
graduating from the university" [syn: {set free}]
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