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liber

1

[ lahy-ber ]

noun

, Botany.


liber

2

[ lahy-ber; Latin li-ber ]

noun

, plural li·bri [lahy, -brahy, -bree, li, -b, r, ee], li·bers.
  1. a book of public records, as deeds or birth certificates.

Liber

3

[ lahy-ber ]

noun

  1. an ancient Italian god of wine and vineyards, in later times identified with Bacchus.

liber

/ ˈlaɪbə /

noun

  1. See phloem
    a rare name for phloem


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Word History and Origins

Origin of liber1

1745–55; < Latin: bark; akin to leaf

Origin of liber2

< Latin: book, originally bark; liber 1

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Word History and Origins

Origin of liber1

C18: from Latin, in original sense: tree bark

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Example Sentences

The Liber Pontificalis states that glass patens were in use in the third century.

An offering was then made in the temple of Liber on the Capitoline Hill, and the day ended with a feast at the father's house.

Utinam non tibi magis superbia quam invidia nocuisset: nam hoc crimine, me judice, liber es.

Liber and his colleague Dahn were at that time among the staunchest supporters of the policy of the Entente in Russia.

This was the model on which Turner founded the publication of his own sketches under the title of Liber Studiorum.

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