librate

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈlaɪbɹeɪt/ === Etymology 1 === First attested in 1623; borrowed from Latin lībrātus, perfect passive participle of lībrō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from lībra (“a balance”). ==== Verb ==== librate (third-person singular simple present librates, present participle librating, simple past and past participle librated) (intransitive) To oscillate (like the beam of a balance). (intransitive, figuratively) To waver or deliberate between two opposing thoughts or choices. (intransitive) To be poised; to balance oneself. (obsolete, transitive) To place in a balance; to weigh. ===== Related terms ===== libration ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From Medieval Latin lībrāta, from Latin lībra (“pound”). ==== Noun ==== librate (plural librates) (now historical) A piece of land having a value of one pound per year. === References === John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “librate”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN. === Anagrams === altbier, betrail, tablier, triable, trilabe == Italian == === Etymology 1 === ==== Verb ==== librate inflection of librarsi: second-person plural present indicative second-person plural imperative === Etymology 2 === ==== Participle ==== librate f pl feminine plural of librato === Anagrams === blateri, libertà, retabli, ribalte, tribale == Latin == === Participle === lībrāte vocative masculine singular of lībrātus === References === “librate”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press == Spanish == === Verb === librate second-person singular voseo imperative of librar combined with te