Definition for LIB'ER-ATE

LIB'ER-ATE, v.t. [L. libero, from liber, free; Fr. liberer, It. liberare.]

  1. To free; to release from restraint or bondage; to set at liberty; as, to liberate one from duress or imprisonment; to liberate the mind from the shackles of prejudice.
  2. To manumit; as, to liberate a slave.

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