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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.
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Origin:
1615–25; < L lībrātus ptp. of lībrāre. to balance, make level, bring to equilibrium. See Libra, -ate1
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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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