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librate |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Librate \Li"brate\, v. t. To poise; to balance. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: librate v : vibrate, as of a swing before it comes to a total rest
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