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liberate

/ˈlɪbəɹeɪt/ verb

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In Latin: līberō, lībertō Wiktionary

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  1. Often followed by from: to allow or cause (someone or something) to be free; to set free, to release. To free (someone or something) from discriminatory or oppressive attitudes, inhibition, or restraint.
    You need to free your mind and liberate yourself from prejudice.
  2. To free (someone or something) from discriminatory or oppressive attitudes, inhibition, or restraint.
    You need to free your mind and liberate yourself from prejudice.
  3. To release (someone) from slavery; to manumit.

verb

  1. Obsolete form of liberated (past participle of liberate).

adjective

  1. Freed, released; free.

noun

  1. A writ issued out of the Chancery to authorize the Exchequer to pay a debt, pension, etc., on behalf of the Crown.
  2. A writ issued to a jailer to release a prisoner on bail.
  3. A writ issued to a sheriff to release property (goods or land) from their custody.

Origin

Learned borrowing from Latin līberātus (“freed, liberated; absolved, acquitted; released”); see English -ate (suffix forming verbs, and used as the ending of participial adjectives and obsolete past participles from Latin).

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