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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Liberate \Lib"er*ate\ (-[=a]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Liberated}
(-[=a]`t[e^]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Liberating}
(-[=a]`t[i^]ng).] [L. liberatus, p. p. of liberare to free,
fr. liber free. See {Liberal}, a., and cf. {Deliver}.]
To release from restraint or bondage; to set at liberty; to
free; to manumit; to disengage; as, to liberate a slave or
prisoner; to liberate the mind from prejudice; to liberate
gases.
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Syn: To deliver; free; release. See {Deliver}.
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