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librate
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb librate has 2 senses
- librate(v = verb.stative) weigh - determine the weight of; "The butcher weighed the chicken" is one way to measure, quantify
- librate(v = verb.motion) Array - vibrate before coming to a total rest; "the children's swing librated" is one way to oscillate, vibrate
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Derived form noun libration1
Sample sentence:
Something ----s
CIDE DICTIONARY
librate, v. i. [L. libratus, p. p. of librare to balance, to make even, fr. libra. Cf. Level, Deliberate, Equilibrium.].
To vibrate as a balance does before resting in equilibrium; hence, to be poised. [1913 Webster]
"Their parts all librate on too nice a beam."
[1913 Webster]
librate, v. t.
To poise; to balance. [1913 Webster]
ROGET THESAURUS
librate
Oscillation
VB oscillate, vibrate, librate, alternate, undulate, wave, rock, swing, pulsate, beat, wag, waggle, nod, bob, courtesy, curtsy, tick, play, wamble, wabble, dangle, swag, fluctuate, dance, curvet, reel, quake, quiver, quaver, shake, flicker, wriggle, roll, toss, pitch, flounder, stagger, totter, move up and down, bob up and down, pass and repass, ebb and flow, come and go, vacillate, teeter, brandish, shake, flourish.
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