liberate : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: liberate	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for liberate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
liberate v give equal rights to; of women and minorities [syn: emancipate, liberate] grant freedom to; free from confinement Synonym(s): free, liberate, release, unloose, unloosen, loose Antonym(s): confine, detain grant freedom to; "The students liberated their slaves upon graduating from the university" Synonym(s): liberate, set free release (gas or energy) as a result of a chemical reaction or physical decomposition Synonym(s): release, free, liberate
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Liberate \Lib"erate\ (-[amac]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Liberated} (-[amac]`t[ecr]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Liberating} (-[amac]`t[icr]ng).] [L. liberatus, p. p. of liberare to free, fr. liber free. See {Liberal}, a., and cf. {Deliver}.] To release from restraint or bondage; to set at liberty; to free; to manumit; to disengage; as, to liberate* a slave or prisoner; to liberate the mind from prejudice; to liberate gases. Syn: To deliver; free; release. See {Deliver}.