Definition of Liberate

1. Verb. Give equal rights to; of women and minorities.

Exact synonyms: Emancipate
Generic synonyms: Change State, Turn
Derivative terms: Emancipation, Liberation, Liberty

2. Verb. Grant freedom to; free from confinement. "They want to liberate the prisoners "
Exact synonyms: Free, Loose, Release, Unloose, Unloosen
Specialized synonyms: Unspell, Unchain, Bail, Run, Bail Out, Parole
Antonyms: Confine
Derivative terms: Free, Freeing, Liberation, Liberator, Liberty, Release

3. Verb. Grant freedom to. ; "The students liberated their slaves upon graduating from the university"
Exact synonyms: Set Free
Generic synonyms: Discharge, Free
Specialized synonyms: Affranchise, Enfranchise, Emancipate, Manumit, Decolonise, Decolonize
Derivative terms: Liberation, Liberation, Liberator, Liberty, Liberty, Liberty

4. Verb. Release (gas or energy) as a result of a chemical reaction or physical decomposition.
Exact synonyms: Free, Release
Category relationships: Chemical Science, Chemistry
Generic synonyms: Bring Forth, Generate

Definition of Liberate

1. v. t. 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.

Definition of Liberate

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

2. Verb. (transitive euphemistic) to steal or abscond with (something) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Liberate

1. to set free [v -ATED, -ATING, -ATES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Liberate

liberality
liberalization
liberalizations
liberalize
liberalized
liberalizer
liberalizers
liberalizes
liberalizing
liberally
liberalminded
liberalmindedness
liberalness
liberalnesses
liberals
liberate (current term)
liberates
liberating
liberatingly
liberation
liberationist
liberationists
liberations
liberator
liberators
liberatory
liberatress
liberia
liberin

Literary usage of Liberate

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A General Abridgment of Law and Equity: Alphabetically Digested Under Proper by Charles Viner (1801)
"county of Stafford^ and a liberate was returned and fi'-.d, ... and a liberate returned and filed ; this appeared at a trial, and a cafe was made. ..."

2. The Law and Practice of Petition of Right Under the Petitions of Right Act by Walter Clode, Great Britain (1887)
"The king by his writ in the form above given, commands the treasurer and chamberlains of his Exchequer to pay (" liberate ") the following sums to the ..."

3. Archaeologia, Or, Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to Antiquity by Society of Antiquaries of London (1840)
"... and all that I have now attempted, is to present a sample of its produce. The extracts which I have taken from the liberate Rolls, consisting of VOL. ..."

4. A concise Anglo-Saxon dictionary for the use of students by John R. Clark Hall (1916)
"... to 'free,' liberate, manumit, M, honour. Ohr ; АО : love, embrace, think of lovingly, ... to deliver, liberate, ..."

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