What does librate mean?

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li·brate

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. weigh, librateverb

    determine the weight of

    "The butcher weighed the chicken"

  2. librateverb

    vibrate before coming to a total rest

    "the children's swing librated"

Wiktionary

  1. libratenoun

    A piece of land having a value of one pound per year

  2. librateverb

    To oscillate (like the beam of a balance)

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. To Librateverb

    To poise; to balance; to hold in equipoise.

    Etymology: libro, Latin.

ChatGPT

  1. librate

    To librate is to oscillate or move back and forth within certain limits or parameters. This term is often used in the fields of physics and astronomy, particularly to describe the balanced motion of celestial bodies such as planets, moons, or asteroids.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Librateverb

    to vibrate as a balance does before resting in equilibrium; hence, to be poised

  2. Librateverb

    to poise; to balance

  3. Etymology: [L. libratus, p. p. of librare to balance, to make even, fr. libra. Cf. Level, Deliberate, Equilibrium.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. 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, -ātumlibra, balance.]

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Anagrams for librate »

  1. altbier

  2. trilabe

  3. triable

  4. betrail

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of librate in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of librate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

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