librate

Verb
Synonyms: weigh

WordNet 3.0

Verb (2)

  1. determine the weight of“The butcher weighed the chicken”Synonyms: weigh
  2. vibrate before coming to a total rest“the children's swing librated”
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Librate \Li"brate\ (l[imac]"br[=a]t), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Librated (l[imac]"br[asl]*t[e^]d); p. pr. & vb. n. Librating.] [L. libratus, p. p. of librare to balance, to make even, fr. libra. Cf. Level, Deliberate, Equilibrium.] To vibrate as a balance does before resting in equilibrium; hence, to be poised. [1913 Webster]

Their parts all librate on too nice a beam. --Clifton. [1913 Webster]

Librate \Li"brate\, v. t. To poise; to balance. [1913 Webster]
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