Meaning

4 senses

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

    ausschwingen, pendeln, ins Gleichgewicht bringen

  2. (figuratively, intransitive)To waver or deliberate between two opposing thoughts or choices.

  3. (intransitive)To be poised; to balance oneself.

    balancieren, ausgleichen, glattstellen

  4. (obsolete, transitive)To place in a balance; to weigh.

More definitions
  • vibrate before coming to a total rest
  • determine the weight of

Translations

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Deutsch
By meaning 2
to oscillate:
to be poised, to balance:

Origin

First attested in 1623; borrowed from Latin lībrātus, perfect passive participle of lībrō

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

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Forms

librates, librating, librated, librated
Base formlibrate · to librate
3rd person singularlibrates
Present participlelibrating
Past simplelibrated
Past participlelibrated

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theylibrate
he, she, itlibrates

Past simpleLesson

all personslibrated

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave librated
he, she, ithas librated

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill librate

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • determine the weight of:weigh

Word family

1 related words
Relatedlibration

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
libidolibralibrarianB1libraryA1librelicenceA2licenseA2
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