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Webster 1913 Edition

Librate

Li′brate

(lī′brāt)
,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Librated
(lī′brā̍-tĕd)
;
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.

Li′brate

,
Verb.
T.
To poise; to balance.

Webster 1828 Edition

Librate

LI'BRATE

,
Verb.
T.
[L. libro, from libra, a balance, a level; allied perhaps to Eng. level.]
To poise; to balance; to hold in equipoise.

LI'BRATE

,
Verb.
I.
To move, as a balance; to be poised.
Their parts all librate on too nice a beam.

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