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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Librate \Li"brate\ (l[imac]"br[=a]t), v. i. [imp. & p. p.
     Librated (l[imac]"br[asl]*t[e^]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.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Their parts all librate on too nice a beam. --Clifton.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Librate \Li"brate\, v. t.
     To poise; to balance.
     [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Librate \Li"brate\ (l[imac]"br[=a]t), v. i. [imp. & p. p.
     Librated (l[imac]"br[asl]*t[e^]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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Librate \Li"brate\, v. t.
     To poise; to balance.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  librate
       v 1: determine the weight of; "The butcher weighed the chicken"
            [syn: weigh]
       2: vibrate before coming to a total rest; "the children's swing
          librated"

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  librate
     Latin part.p.
     (inflection of la lībrātus  voc m s)
     n.
     (lb en now historical) A piece of land having a value of one pound
  per year.
     vb.
     (lb en intransitive) To oscillate (like the beam of a balance).

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  librate
     n.
     (lb en now historical) A piece of land having a value of one pound
  per year.
     vb.
     (lb en intransitive) To oscillate (like the beam of a balance).

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  librate
     Latin part.p.
     (inflection of la lībrātus  voc m s)
     n.
     (lb en now historical) A piece of land having a value of one pound
  per year.
     vb.
     (lb en intransitive) To oscillate (like the beam of a balance).

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  librate
     Latin part.p.
     (inflection of la lībrātus  voc m s)
     n.
     (lb en now historical) A piece of land having a value of one pound
  per year.
     vb.
     (lb en intransitive) To oscillate (like the beam of a balance).

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Librate /lˈaɪbɹeɪt/
  ليبرات

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  librate /lˈaɪbɹeɪt/ 
  pendeln 
     Synonyms: oscillate, vibrate, swing/move in pendulum fashion
  
   see: oscillating, vibrating, librating, swing/moving in pendulum fashion, oscillated, vibrated, librated, swung/moved in pendulum fashion, vibrate seconds
  

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  librate /lˈaɪbɹeɪt/
  1. terazi gibi sallanmak, titreşmek. libratory  terazi gibi sallanan.

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     vi. 摆动,振动,保持平衡

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