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Definition of Liberate
1. Verb. Give equal rights to; of women and minorities.
Generic synonyms: Change State, Turn
Derivative terms: Emancipation, Liberation, Liberty
2. Verb. Grant freedom to; free from confinement. "They want to liberate the prisoners "
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"
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.
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
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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