librate
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li·brate 
[lahy-breyt] Pronunciation Key
[lahy-breyt] Pronunciation Key –verb (used without object), -brat·ed, -brat·ing.
| 1. | to oscillate or move from side to side or between two points. |
| 2. | to remain poised or balanced. |
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| librate | |
verb | |
| 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" |
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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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Librate
Li"brate\, v. t. To poise; to balance.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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