liberate
Part of speech: verb
noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: chemistry
law
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin līberātus (“freed, liberated; absolved, acquitted; released”); see English -ate (suffix forming verbs, and used as the ending of participial adjectives and obsolete past participles from Latin). Līberātus is the perfect passive participle of līberō (“to free, liberate; to absolve, acquit; to release”), from līber (“free, unrestricted”), + -ō (suffix forming regular first-conjugation verbs); and līberō is ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁léwdʰeros (“free”), from *h₁lewdʰ- (“to grow; people”) + *-teros (contrastive or oppositional adjectival suffix) (*h₁léwdʰeros possibly originally meant ‘belonging to one’s own people’, excluding slaves who were captured from other groups of people, and thus later came to mean “free (not enslaved)”). Not related to deliberate.
Inflected forms:
form: liberates
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: liberating
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: liberated
pos: verb
tags: past
form: liberated
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: liberate
pos: verb
tags: obsolete
participle
past
form: no-table-tags
pos: verb
tags: table-tags
form: glossary
pos: verb
tags: inflection-template
form: liberate
pos: verb
tags: infinitive
form: liberate
pos: verb
tags: first-person
present
singular
form: liberated
pos: verb
tags: first-person
past
singular
form: liberate
pos: verb
tags: present
second-person
singular
form: liberatest
pos: verb
tags: archaic
present
second-person
singular
form: liberated
pos: verb
tags: past
second-person
singular
form: liberatedst
pos: verb
tags: archaic
past
second-person
singular
form: liberates
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: liberateth
pos: verb
tags: archaic
present
singular
third-person
form: liberated
pos: verb
tags: past
singular
third-person
form: liberate
pos: verb
tags: plural
present
form: liberated
pos: verb
tags: past
plural
form: liberate
pos: verb
tags: present
subjunctive
form: liberated
pos: verb
tags: past
subjunctive
form: liberate
pos: verb
tags: imperative
present
form: -
pos: verb
tags: imperative
past
form: liberating
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: liberated
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: liberate
pos: verb
tags: archaic
participle
past
form: liberates
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Often followed by from: to allow or cause (someone or something) to be free; to set free, to release.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Thus ſitting and ſurveying thus at eaſe / The globe and its concerns, I ſeem advanced / To ſome ſecure and more than mortal height, / That lib'rates and exempts me from them all.
[T]he prisoner being liberate in manner foresaid, it shall not be lawful to put or detain him in prison for the same crime, under the penalty of wrongous imprisonment, […]
This is not a time for telling stories, when I am in this prison; but when thou liberatest me, I will relate to thee their case.
Walking slow to beating bosom surest solace soonest gives, / Liberates the brain o'erloaded—best of all restoratives.
The Doctrine [of the Bardo Thödol] is one which liberateth by being seen, without need of meditation or of sādhanā [perfected devotion]; this Profound Teaching liberateth by being heard or being seen. This Profound Teaching liberateth those of great evil karma through the Secret Pathway.
In Great Britain, where a vigorous antivivisection movement has existed for more than a century, a clandestine group called the Animal Liberation Front conducts commando-style raids on laboratories, liberating animals and sabotaging research equipment.
gloss: Often followed by from: to allow or cause (someone or something) to be free; to set free, to release.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: You need to free your mind and liberate yourself from prejudice.
The moſt ſanguine projector, hovvever, could ſcarce flatter himſelf that any augmentation of this kind [in the form of certain taxes] vvould be ſuch as could give any reaſonable hopes either of liberating the public revenue altogether, or even of making ſuch progress tovvards that liberation in time of peace, as either to prevent or to compenſate the further accumulation of the public debt in the next vvar.
[A] little philosophy liberates our sex from the tyranny of custom, teaches us to disdain hypocrisy, and to glory in the simplicity of truth.
They [the missionaries] liberated woman and made her the equal of man.
Jeeves: Foreign travel often liberates emotions best kept in check, sir. The air of North America is notoriously stimulating in this regard, as witness the regrettable behavior of its inhabitants in 1776. / Bertie Wooster: Hm? What happened in 1776, Jeeves? / Jeeves: I prefer not to dwell on it, if it's convenient to you, sir.
gloss: Often followed by from: to allow or cause (someone or something) to be free; to set free, to release.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: Often followed by from: to allow or cause (someone or something) to be free; to set free, to release.
pos: verb
tags: ironic
sometimes
transitive
examples: All your Italian friends must be starving now that we have "liberated" them.
I announced that I was leaving with the two-and-a-half filled with with all of the automatic weapons from both camps plus all the plastique explosive, related equipment, and the pistols. They were to be used, I explained, in parts of France where the war was still going on, by Frenchmen who were still fighting to liberate their country from the Germans.
gloss: Often followed by from: to allow or cause (someone or something) to be free; to set free, to release.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Since the reaction liberates a large amount of chlorine gas, a powerful ventilation system is recommended.
gloss: To take (property belonging to someone else) by force or theft; to loot, to rob, to steal.
pos: verb
tags: euphemistic
informal
transitive
examples: We didn’t need IDs. We just liberated these beers from the back of the shop.
All members of the Black Guard must be willing to perform acts of violence before they are nominated. I had proven myself, when I was required to liberate (steal) dynamite, steal cars for robberies, and to perform disciplinary action against party members.
He was trying to liberate some funds for the revolution from a liquor store, and he got caught. It was his first time out, and he got flat-ass caught.
For expedience, he intended to use his talents to liberate a few choice bottles from the wine cellars without going through the difficulty of a formal requisition.
gloss: A writ issued out of the Chancery to authorize the Exchequer to pay a debt, pension, etc., on behalf of the Crown.
pos: noun
tags: UK
historical
transitive
examples: Now (for an ende of Bailement) I will ſhewe you one forme of a Baile, and an other of a Liberate.
A Liberate is an originall writ iſſuing out of the Chancery, and is directed to ſome Officers that have of the Kings mony in his hands to pay over a penſion, debt, or duty. […] [I]t appeareth that there be two kinds of writs of Liberate, one dormant or currant and continuall, and another hac vice [for this time] and particular. […] If the Officer have ſufficient in his hands to pay, ⁊c, at the time of the Liberate delivered to him, he is become debtor (by act of law) to the party, for which he may have an action of debt: but after the Liberate ſued out, and before the delivery, the king may diſcharge the Officer of the kings money in his hands.
gloss: A writ issued to a jailer to release a prisoner on bail.
pos: noun
tags: UK
historical
transitive
examples: VVith us they conſent in the Sufficiency of the Scriptures to ſalvation, in denying the Infallibility of the Church (much more of the Pope) the overplus of Merits, Service ununderſtood, Indulgencies, Liberaties out of Purgatorie, and the like.
For the more remote counties it was found sufficient to show the Patent to the under-sheriffs, when they came up to London to the Michaelmas law-term, and to prepare for their use a liberate, covering the prisoners in each gaol.
gloss: A writ issued to a sheriff to release property (goods or land) from their custody.
pos: noun
tags: UK
US
historical
transitive
examples: Goods extended before the Party becomes a Bankrupt, and delivered by the liberate after he becomes a Bankrupt, can't be ſold by the Commiſſioners, becauſe they being extended are quaſi in Cuſtodia Legis [as if in the custody of the law], ſo as the Conuzor can't diſpoſe of them; and tho' by the Extent the Conuzor hath no abſolute Property till the Delivery upon the liberate, and at the Return of the VVrit he may refuſe them if over valued; yet that is for the Benefit of the Conuzee.
[G]oods taken upon an extent sued out upon a statute staple, before the bankruptcy of the debtor, through the goods are not delivered to the creditor by the sheriff upon a liberate until after the bankruptcy, may be held by the creditor against the commissioners under the bankruptcy.
Synonyms: befree
free
absolve
deliver
discharge
disentangle
extricate
let go
let loose
liberate
loose
release
set free
turn loose
unleash
Antonyms: capture
confine
imprison
leash
restrain
Related words: liberal
liberation
liberator
liberatory
libertine
liberty
Derived words: liberated
liberating
liberative
liberin
reliberate
liberate day
liberate roll
Translations:
lang: Afrikaans
word: bevry
lang: Albanian
word: liroj
lang: Albanian
word: çliroj
lang: Amharic
word: ለቀቀ
roman: läḳäḳä
lang: Arabic
word: حَرَّرَ
roman: ḥarrara
lang: Armenian
word: ազատագրել
roman: azatagrel
lang: Asturian
word: lliberar
lang: Azerbaijani
word: azad etmək
lang: Belarusian
word: вызваля́ць
roman: vyzvaljácʹ
lang: Belarusian
word: вы́зваліць
roman: výzvalicʹ
lang: Breton
word: dieubi
lang: Bulgarian
word: освобожда́вам
roman: osvoboždávam
lang: Bulgarian
word: освободя́
roman: osvobodjá
lang: Burmese
word: လွတ်မြောက်စေ
roman: lwatmraukce
lang: Burmese
word: လွှတ်
roman: hlwat
lang: Catalan
word: alliberar
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 解放
roman: jiěfàng
lang: Czech
word: osvobozovat
lang: Czech
word: osvobodit
lang: Danish
word: befri
lang: Danish
word: frigøre
lang: Dutch
word: bevrijden
lang: Esperanto
word: liberigi
lang: Estonian
word: vabastama
lang: Finnish
word: vapauttaa
lang: French
word: libérer
lang: Galician
word: liberar
lang: Galician
word: ceibar
lang: Georgian
word: გათავისუფლება
roman: gatavisupleba
lang: German
word: befreien
lang: Gothic
word: 𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌿𐍃𐌾𐌰𐌽
roman: galausjan
lang: Greek
word: ελευθερώνω
roman: eleftheróno
lang: Hebrew
word: שיחרר \ שִׁחְרֵר
roman: shikhrér
lang: Hindi
word: मुक्त करना
roman: mukt karnā
lang: Hindi
word: आज़ाद करना
roman: āzād karnā
lang: Hindi
word: रिहा करना
roman: rihā karnā
lang: Hungarian
word: felszabadít
lang: Icelandic
word: frelsa
lang: Ido
word: libereskar
lang: Indonesian
word: membebaskan
lang: Irish
word: saor
lang: Irish
word: fuascail
lang: Italian
word: liberare
lang: Japanese
word: 解放する
roman: kaihō suru
lang: Kazakh
word: азат ету
roman: azat etu
lang: Kazakh
word: босату
roman: bosatu
lang: Khmer
word: រំដោះ
roman: rumdɑh
lang: Khmer
word: បណ្ដោះ
roman: bɑɑbɑndɑh
lang: Korean
word: 해방(解放)하다
roman: haebanghada
lang: Kyrgyz
word: бошотуу
roman: boşotuu
lang: Kyrgyz
word: азат кылуу
roman: azat kıluu
lang: Lao
word: ປົດປ່ອຍ
roman: pot pǭi
lang: Latin
word: līberō
lang: Latin
word: lībertō
lang: Latvian
word: atbrīvot
lang: Lithuanian
word: išlaisvinti
lang: Lithuanian
word: išvaduoti
lang: Luxembourgish
word: befreien
lang: Macedonian
word: ослободува
roman: osloboduva
lang: Macedonian
word: ослободи
roman: oslobodi
lang: Malay
word: membebaskan
lang: Māori
word: whakawātea
lang: Māori
word: wewete
lang: Māori
word: wetehere
lang: Mongolian
word: чөлөөлөх
roman: čölöölöx
lang: Mongolian
word: ᠴᠢᠯᠦᠭᠡᠯᠡᠬᠦ
roman: čilügelekü
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: frigjøre
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: befri
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: frigjere
lang: Pashto
word: ازادول
roman: azādawǝl
lang: Persian
word: آزاد کردن
roman: âzâd kardan
lang: Persian
word: رهانیدن
roman: rahânidan
lang: Polish
word: uwalniać
lang: Polish
word: uwolnić
lang: Polish
word: wyzwalać
lang: Polish
word: wyzwolić
lang: Polish
word: oswabadzać
lang: Polish
word: oswobodzić
lang: Portuguese
word: libertar
lang: Punjabi
word: ਅਜ਼ਾਦ ਕਰਨਾ
roman: azād karnā
lang: Punjabi
word: ਰਿਹਾਈ ਦੇਣੀ
roman: rihāī deṇī
lang: Quechua
word: qispichiy
lang: Romanian
word: a elibera
lang: Russian
word: освобожда́ть
roman: osvoboždátʹ
lang: Russian
word: освободи́ть
roman: osvobodítʹ
lang: Russian
word: вызволя́ть
roman: vyzvoljátʹ
lang: Russian
word: вы́зволить
roman: výzvolitʹ
lang: Sanskrit
word: मुञ्चति
roman: muñcati
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: sgaoil
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: leig mu sgaoil
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: ослоба́ђати
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: ослобо̀дити
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: oslobáđati
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: oslobòditi
lang: Slovak
word: oslobodzovať
lang: Slovak
word: oslobodiť
lang: Slovene
word: osvobajati
lang: Slovene
word: osvoboditi
lang: Spanish
word: liberar
lang: Spanish
word: librar
lang: Spanish
word: libertar
lang: Swedish
word: frigöra
lang: Swedish
word: befria
lang: Tajik
word: озод кардан
roman: ozod kardan
lang: Tajik
word: раҳонидан
roman: rahonidan
lang: Tatar
word: азат итәргә
roman: azat itärgä
lang: Thai
word: ปลดปล่อย
roman: bplòt-bplɔ̀i
lang: Turkish
word: serbest bırakmak
lang: Turkish
word: özgürleştirmek
lang: Turkmen
word: azat etmek
lang: Ukrainian
word: звільня́ти
roman: zvilʹnjáty
lang: Ukrainian
word: звільни́ти
roman: zvilʹnýty
lang: Ukrainian
word: визволя́ти
roman: vyzvoljáty
lang: Ukrainian
word: ви́зволити
roman: výzvolyty
lang: Uyghur
word: ئازاد قىلماق
roman: azad qilmaq
lang: Uzbek
word: ozod qilmoq
lang: Vietnamese
word: giải phóng
lang: Welsh
word: rhyddhau
lang: Yiddish
word: באַפֿרײַען
roman: bafrayen