Liberate

English

Etymology

< Latin liberatus, pp. of liberare (“‘to set free, deliver’”) < liber (“‘free’”); see liberal.

Verb

Infinitive to Liberate

Third person singular liberat

Simple past -

Past participle -

Present participle ing

to Liberate (third-person singular simple present liberat, present participle ing, simple past and past participle -)

1. (transitive) to free; to release from restraint or bondage; to set at liberty; to manumit; to disengage

   to liberate a slave or prisoner

   to liberate the mind from prejudice

   to liberate gases

2. (transitive, euphemism) to steal or abscond with (something)

   The neighbor's garden gnome is so ugly, I'm tempted to liberate it for them.

Related terms

• liberation
• liberator

Translations

to free

Czech: osvobodit cs(cs) Dutch: bevrijden nl(nl) Finnish: vapauttaa fi(fi)

German: befreien de(de) Russian: освобождать (osvoboždát') (impf.), освободить (osvobodít') (impf.) Spanish: liberar es(es)

to steal or abscond with something

External links

• Liberate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• Liberate in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Anagrams

• abeeilrt, iterable

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Italian

Verb

liberate

1. second-person plural present tense of liberare
2. second-person plural imperative of liberare

Anagrams

• abeeilrt, albereti, bilatere

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Latin

Participle

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1. vocative masculine singular of līberātus

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