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lib⋅er⋅ate
[lib-uh-reyt]
–verb (used with object), -at⋅ed, -at⋅ing.
| 1. | to set free, as from imprisonment or bondage. |
| 2. | to free (a nation or area) from control by a foreign or oppressive government. |
| 3. | to free (a group or individual) from social or economic constraints or discrimination, esp. arising from traditional role expectations or bias. |
| 4. | to disengage; set free from combination, as a gas. |
| 5. | Slang. to steal or take over illegally: The soldiers liberated a consignment of cigarettes. |
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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.
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Language Translation for : liberate
Spanish:
liberar, poner en libertad,
German:
freilassen,
Japanese:
自由にする
liberate
1623, from L. liberatus, pp. of liberare "set free," from liber "free" (see liberal). Meaning "to free an occupied territory from the enemy" (often used ironically) is from 1944. Liberation is c.1440; liberation theology (1969) translates Sp. teologia de la liberación, coined 1968 by Peruvian priest Gustavo Gutiérrez.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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