liberate

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Verb 1.2.1 Related terms 1.2.2 Translations 1.2.3 External links 1.3 Anagrams 2 Italian 2.1 Verb 2.2 Anagrams 3 Latin 3.1 Participle

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[edit] Etymology

< Latin liberatus, pp. of liberare (“‘to set free, deliver’”) < liber (“‘free’”); see liberal.

[edit] Verb

to liberate (third-person singular simple present liberates, present participle liberating, simple past and past participle liberated)

1. (transitive) to free; to release from restraint or bondage; to set at liberty; to manumit; to disengage

   to liberate a slave or prisoner

   to liberate the mind from prejudice

   to liberate gases

2. (transitive, euphemism) to steal or abscond with (something)

   The neighbor's garden gnome is so ugly, I'm tempted to liberate it for them.

[edit] Related terms

• liberation
• liberator

[edit] Translations

[edit] External links

• liberate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• liberate in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

[edit] Anagrams

• Anagrams of abeeilrt
• iterable

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[edit] Italian

[edit] Verb

liberate

1. second-person plural present tense of liberare
2. second-person plural imperative of liberare

[edit] Anagrams

• Anagrams of abeeilrt
• albereti

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[edit] Participle

līberāte

1. vocative masculine singular of līberātus