Translations

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

Meaning

4 senses

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

    ausschwingen, pendeln, ins Gleichgewicht bringen

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

    balancieren, ausgleichen, glattstellen

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

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

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

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

regular · Lesson

Base formlibrate · to librate
3rd person singularlibrates
Present participlelibrating
Past simplelibrated
Past participlelibrated

Tenses

librate · librated · will librate · have librated

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Present simpleLesson

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

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill librate

Past simpleLesson

all personslibrated

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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