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librate

verb
/ˈlaɪbɹeɪt/

Etymology

First attested in 1623; borrowed from Latin lībrātus, perfect passive participle of lībrō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from lībra (“a balance”).

  1. derived from lībra
  2. derived from lībrāta

Definitions

  1. To oscillate (like the beam of a balance).

    • Their parts all librate on too nice a beam.

  2. To waver or deliberate between two opposing thoughts or choices.

    • But she winds about him coil after coil of her glittering rhetoric, in which reason holds its own as it librates with specious feeling.

  3. To be poised

    To be poised; to balance oneself.

    • Her playful Sea-horse […] His watery way with waving volutes wins, / Or listening librates on unmoving fins.
  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. To place in a balance

      To place in a balance; to weigh.

    2. A piece of land having a value of one pound per year.

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