Librate

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li⋅brate

[lahy-breyt]

–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.

Origin:
1615–25; < L lībrātus ptp. of lībrāre. to balance, make level, bring to equilibrium. See Libra, -ate ¹

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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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