Sekirov Dictionary

liberate

/ˈlɪbəɹeɪt/

verb 6
/lɪbəˈɹeɪti/ noun 3
/ˈlɪbəɹet/ adjective 1
forms 5

verb6

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Often followed by from: to allow or cause (someone or something) to be free; to set free, to release.
- 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. — 1785
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To free (someone or something) from discriminatory or oppressive attitudes, inhibition, or restraint.
- You need to free your mind and liberate yourself from prejudice.
To release (someone) from slavery; to manumit.
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To free (a place such as a country, or the residents thereof) from an occupying force, or from oppression such as unjust rule.
- All your Italian friends must be starving now that we have "liberated" them. — 1944
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To cause (energy or a substance) to be released through a chemical reaction or physical decomposition.
- Since the reaction liberates a large amount of chlorine gas, a powerful ventilation system is recommended.
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(informal, euphemistic) To take (property belonging to someone else) by force or theft; to loot, to rob, to steal.
- We didn’t need IDs. We just liberated these beers from the back of the shop.

liberate

/lɪbəˈɹeɪti/

noun3

(US, UK) A writ issued to a sheriff to release property (goods or land) from their custody.
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(UK, historical) A writ issued out of the Chancery to authorize the Exchequer to pay a debt, pension, etc., on behalf of the Crown.
- Now (for an ende of Bailement) I will shewe you one forme of a Baile, and an other of a Liberate. — 1581
(UK, historical) A writ issued to a jailer to release a prisoner on bail.

liberate

/ˈlɪbəɹet/

adjective1

(Scotland, no longer used) Freed, released; free.

forms

liberated · liberating · liberates · liberateth · liberatest

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