Liberate \Lib"er*ate\ (-[=a]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Liberated
(-[=a]`t[e^]d); p. pr. & vb. n. Liberating
(-[=a]`t[i^]ng).] [L. liberatus, p. p. of liberare to free,
fr. liber free. See Liberal, a., and cf. Deliver.]
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.
[1913 Webster]
Syn: To deliver; free; release. See Deliver.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
liberate
v 1: give equal rights to; of women and minorities [syn: emancipate]
2: grant freedom to; free from confinement [syn: free, release,
unloose, unloosen, loose] [ant: confine]
3: grant freedom to; "The students liberated their slaves upon
graduating from the university" [syn: set free]
WordNet (r) 2.0
73 Moby Thesaurus words for "liberate":
affranchise, appropriate, cast off, clear, deliver, detach,
disburden, discharge, disembarrass, disembroil, disencumber,
disengage, disentangle, disenthrall, disinvolve, doff, ease,
emancipate, enfranchise, extract, extricate, free, free up, let go,
let loose, let off, let out, loose, loosen, manumit, pilfer,
purloin, ransom, recover, redeem, release, remove, rescue,
retrieve, salvage, save, set at large, set at liberty, set free,
steal, take, take off, unbar, unbind, unbolt, unbuckle, unbutton,
unchain, unclasp, unclutter, undo, unfasten, unfetter, unglue,
unlace, unlatch, unleash, unlock, unloose, unloosen, unscramble,
unshackle, unsnarl, unstick, unstrap, untangle, untie,
weigh anchor
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
LIBERATE, English practice. A writ which issues on lands, tenements, and
chattels, being returned under an extent on a statute staple, commanding the
sheriff to deliver them to the plaintiff, by the extent and appraisement
mentioned in the writ of extent, and in the sheriff's return thereto. See
Com dig. Statute Staple, D 6.
Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
emancipate, free, loose, release, set free, unloose, unloosen
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