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LIBRATE

Dictionary entry overview: What does librate mean?

• LIBRATE (verb)
The verb LIBRATE has 2 senses:

1. determine the weight of
2. vibrate before coming to a total rest

Familiarity information: LIBRATE used as a verb is rare.

Dictionary entry details

• LIBRATE (verb)

Sense 1

librate ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Determine the weight of

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Synonyms:

librate; weigh

Context example:

The butcher weighed the chicken

Hypernyms (to "librate" is one way to...):

measure; quantify (express as a number or measure or quantity)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "librate"):

heft (test the weight of something by lifting it)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s something

Sense 2

librate ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Vibrate before coming to a total rest

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Context example:

the children's swing librated

Hypernyms (to "librate" is one way to...):

oscillate; vibrate (move or swing from side to side regularly)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

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