liberate
verbEtymology
From Middle English liberate (the common first word of such writs), from Medieval Latin līberātum, substantivized from the nominative neuter singular of līberātus, see -ate (noun-forming suffix) and Etymology 1 for more. Alternatively, from līberāte, the second-person plural imperative of līberō, compare English allocate (“a warrant for the payment of a pension, allowance, debt, etc.”).
Definitions
To set free, to make or allow to be free, particularly
To acquire from an enemy during wartime, used especially of cities, regions, and other…
To acquire from an enemy during wartime, used especially of cities, regions, and other population centers.
To acquire from another by theft or force
To acquire from another by theft or force: to steal, to rob.
- We didn't need IDs. We just liberated these beers from the back of the shop.
- I had proven myself, when I was required to liberate (steal) dynamite, steal cars for robberies, and to perform disciplinary action against party members.
- For expedience, he intended to use his talents to liberate a few choice bottles from the wine cellars without going through the difficulty of a formal requisition.
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liberated
allowed, delivered, freed (see Etymology 3).
A writ issued out of the Chancery for the payment of a pension, debt, the delivery of…
A writ issued out of the Chancery for the payment of a pension, debt, the delivery of one's land or goods from a sheriff's custody, the delivery a prisoner put in bail fo appearance or other royal allowance.
- liberate roll
- liberate day
The neighborhood
- synonymbefree
- synonymfree
- synonymset free
- synonymabsolve
- synonymdeliver
- synonymdischarge
- synonymdisentangle
- synonymextricate
- synonymlet go
- synonymlet loose
- synonymliberate
- synonymloose
- antonymcapture
- antonymconfine
- antonymimprison
- antonymleash
- antonymrestrain
- neighborliberation
- neighborliberator
- neighboracquit
- neighboremancipate
- neighborexcuse
- neighborexempt
- neighbormanumit
- neighborunchain
- neighborunfetter
- neighborunhand
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at liberate. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at liberate. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
10 hops · closes at liberate
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA