Definition of Librates

1. Noun. (plural of librate) ¹

2. Verb. (third-person singular of librate) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Librates

1. librate [v] - See also: librate

Lexicographical Neighbors of Librates

library materials
library paste
library program
library routine
library schools
library science
library sciences
library services
library surveys
library technical services
libraryless
librarylike
libras
librate
librated
librates (current term)
librating
libration
librational
librations
libratious
libratory
libre
libretti
librettist
librettists
libretto
librettos
libri
libricide

Literary usage of Librates

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

1. A History of Northumberland, in Three Parts by John Hodgson, John Hodgson-Hinde, James Raine, John Collingwood Bruce (1858)
"... possessed of 20 librates of land and upwards, in the county of Northumberland, whether held ... Holder» of 20 librates, not in Capite. ..."

2. Full Abstracts of the Feet of Fines Relating to the County of Dorset by Great Britain Court of Common Pleas, Edward Alexander Fry, George Samuel Fry (1896)
"After the death of Hereward the said twenty librates and the messuage which remain to Hereward as is aforesaid wholly will revert to the Earl and his heirs ..."

3. The Antiquary by Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson (1895)
"In that Hundred, then, there were in all here mentioned 60 librates, equivalent to 30 ... As to the 16 librates of Swavesey, they form 12 hides in area, ..."

4. Collections for a History of Staffordshire by William Salt Archaeological Society, Staffordshire Record Society (1880)
"The real state of the case, perhaps, was that 30 librates of Crown-land in Trentham ... This entry implies a temporary grant of 14 librates of Crown-land to ..."

5. Antiquities of Shropshire by Robert William Eyton (1856)
"Hence, at Michaelmas 1207, he discharges himself of an aggregate liability of ,€22., ie, two years and three-quarters' revenue of eight librates of land ..."

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