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De - Pt| English Dictionary: librating | by the DICT Development Group |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Librate \Li"brate\ (l[imac]"br[amac]t), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Librated} (l[imac]"br[asl]*t[ecr]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Librating}.] [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. Their parts all librate on too nice a beam. --Clifton. | |
