Li"brate (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Librated ; 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 liberate on too nice a beam.
Clifton.
© Webster 1913.
Li"brate, v. i.
To poise; to balance.
© Webster 1913.