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Libel (lībĕl), v. i. To spread defamation, written or printed; -- with against. [Obs.]
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What's this but libeling against the senate? Shak.
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[He] libels now 'gainst each great man. Donne.
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Libelant (-�nt), n. One who libels; one who institutes a suit in an ecclesiastical or admiralty court. [Written also libellant.] Cranch.
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Libeler (-ẽr), n. One who libels. [Written also libeller.] “ Libelers of others.” Buckminster.
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Libelist (-ĭst), n. A libeler.
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Li bella (l�bĕllȧ), n. [L., dim. of libra balance. See , n.] 1. A small balance.
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2. A level, or leveling instrument.
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Libellee (?), n. (Law) (a) The party against whom a libel has been filed; -- corresponding to defendant in a common law action. (b) The defendant in an action of libel.
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libellulid (l�bĕll�lĭd), n. (Zoöl.) A dragon fly; -- from Libellula, the name of the typical genus.
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libelluloid (l�bĕll�loid), a. [NL. Libellula, the name of the typical genus + -oid.] (Zoöl.) Like or pertaining to the dragon flies.
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Libelous (lībĕlŭs), a. Containing or involving a libel; defamatory; containing that which exposes some person to public hatred, contempt, or ridicule; as, a libelous pamphlet. [Written also libellous.] -- Libelously, adv.
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Liber (lībẽr), n. [L. See .] (Bot.) The inner bark of plants, lying next to the wood. It usually contains a large proportion of woody, fibrous cells, and is, therefore, the part from which the fiber of the plant is obtained, as that of hemp, etc.
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Coloq. Liber cells , elongated woody cells found in the liber.
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Liberal (lĭbẽr�l), a. [F. libéral, L. liberalis, from liber free; perh. akin to libet, lubet, it pleases, E. lief. Cf. .] 1. Free by birth; hence, befitting a freeman or gentleman; refined; noble; independent; free; not servile or mean; as, a liberal ancestry; a liberal spirit; liberal arts or studies. “ Liberal education.” Macaulay. “ A liberal tongue.” Shak.
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2. Bestowing in a large and noble way, as a freeman; generous; bounteous; open-handed; as, a liberal giver. “ Liberal of praise.” Bacon.
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Infinitely good, and of his good
As liberal and free as infinite. Milton.
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3. Bestowed in a large way; hence, more than sufficient; abundant; bountiful; ample; profuse; as, a liberal gift; a liberal discharge of matter or of water.
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His wealth doth warrant a liberal dower. Shak.
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4. Not strict or rigorous; not confined or restricted to the literal sense; free; as, a liberal translation of a classic, or a liberal construction of law or of language.
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5. Not narrow or contracted in mind; not selfish; enlarged in spirit; catholic.
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6. Free to excess; regardless of law or moral restraint; licentious. “ Most like a liberal villain.” Shak.
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7. Not bound by orthodox tenets or established forms in political or religious philosophy; independent in opinion; not conservative; friendly to great freedom in the constitution or administration of government; having tendency toward democratic or republican, as distinguished from monarchical or aristocratic, forms; as, liberal thinkers; liberal Christians; the Liberal party.
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I confess I see nothing liberal in this “ order of thoughts,” as Hobbes elsewhere expresses it. Hazlitt.
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☞ Liberal has of, sometimes with, before the thing bestowed, in before a word signifying action, and to before a person or object on which anything is bestowed; as, to be liberal of praise or censure; liberal with money; liberal in giving; liberal to the poor.
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Coloq. The liberal arts . See under . -- Coloq. Liberal education , education that enlarges and disciplines the mind and makes it master of its own powers, irrespective of the particular business or profession one may follow.
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Syn. -- Generous; bountiful; munificent; beneficent; ample; large; profuse; free. -- , . Liberal is freeborn, and generous is highborn. The former is opposed to the ordinary feelings of a servile state, and implies largeness of spirit in giving, judging, acting, etc. The latter expresses that nobleness of soul which is peculiarly appropriate to those of high rank, -- a spirit that goes out of self, and finds its enjoyment in consulting the feelings and happiness of others. Generosity is measured by the extent of the sacrifices it makes; liberality, by the warmth of feeling which it manifests.
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Liberal, n. One who favors greater freedom in political or religious matters; an opponent of the established systems; a reformer; in English politics, a member of the Liberal party, so called. Cf. .
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liberalisation n. Same as liberalization.
Syn. -- liberalization, relaxation.
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Liberalism (-ĭz'm), n. [Cf. F. libéralisme.] Liberal principles; the principles and methods of the liberals in politics or religion; specifically, the principles of the Liberal party.
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Liberalist, n. A liberal.
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Liberalistic (-ĭstĭk), a. Pertaining to, or characterized by, liberalism; as, liberalistic opinions.
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Liberality (-ălĭt�), n.; pl. Liberalities (-tĭz). [L. liberalitas: cf. F. libéralité.] 1. The quality or state of being liberal; liberal disposition or practice; freedom from narrowness or prejudice; generosity; candor; charity.
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That liberality is but cast away
Which makes us borrow what we can not pay. Denham.
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2. A gift; a gratuity; -- sometimes in the plural; as, a prudent man is not impoverished by his liberalities.
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Liberalization (-�lĭzāshŭn), n. The act of liberalizing; the act of making less strict.
Syn. -- liberalization, relaxation.
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Liberalize (lĭbẽr�līz), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Liberalized (-īzd); p. pr. & vb. n. Liberalizing (-īzĭng).] [Cf. F. libéraliser.] To make liberal; to free from narrow views or prejudices; to make less strict.
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To open and to liberalize the mind. Burke.
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Liberalizer (-īzẽr), n. One who, or that which, liberalizes. Emerson.
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Liberally, adv. In a liberal manner.
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Liberate (-āt), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Liberated (-ātĕd); p. pr. & vb. n. Liberating (-ātĭng).] [L. liberatus, p. p. of liberare to free, fr. liber free. See , a., and cf. .] 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.
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Syn. -- To deliver; free; release. See .
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liberated adj. (Chem.) 1. released from chemical combination, or as a consequence of chemical reaction; -- of a gas.
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2. freed from bondage; -- of people.
Syn. -- emancipated, freed.
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3. free from traditional social restraints; as, a liberated lifestyle.
Syn. -- emancipated.
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4. stolen. [jocose]
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liberating adj. giving freedom from restriction or restraint.
Syn. -- emancipating, emancipative, freeing.
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Liberation (lĭbẽrāshŭn), n. [L. liberatio: cf. F. libération. Cf. .] The act of liberating or the state of being liberated.
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This mode of analysis requires perfect liberation from all prejudged system. Pownall.
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Liberator (lĭbẽrātẽr), n. [L.] One who, or that which, liberates; a deliverer.
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Liberatory (-ȧt�r�), a. Tending, or serving, to liberate. [R.]
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Liberian adj. Of or pertaining to Liberia; as, Liberian ship owners; a ship of Liberian registry.
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2. of or pertaining to the inhabitants of Liberia; as, Liberian rebels.
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Liberian n. A native or inhabitant of Liberia.
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Libertarian (-tārĭ�n), a. [See .] Pertaining to liberty, or to the doctrine of free will, as opposed to the doctrine of necessity.
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Libertarian, n. One who holds to the doctrine of free will.
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Libertarianism (-ĭz'm), n. Libertarian principles or doctrines.
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Liberticide (lĭbẽrtĭsīd), n. [L. libertas liberty + caedere to kill: cf. (for sense 2) F. liberticide.] 1. The destruction of civil liberty.
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2. A destroyer of civil liberty. B. F. Wade.
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Libertinage (-tĭn�j), n. [Cf. F. libertinage. See .] Libertinism; license. [R.]
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Libertine (-tĭn), n. [L. libertinus freedman, from libertus one made free, fr. liber free: cf. F. libertin. See .] 1. (Rom. Antiq.) A manumitted slave; a freedman; also, the son of a freedman.
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2. (Eccl. Hist.) One of a sect of Anabaptists, in the fifteenth and early part of the sixteenth century, who rejected many of the customs and decencies of life, and advocated a community of goods and of women.
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3. One free from restraint; one who acts according to his impulses and desires; now, specifically, one who gives rein to lust; a rake; a debauchee.
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Like a puffed and reckless libertine,
Himself the primrose path of dalliance treads. Shak.
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4. A defamatory name for a freethinker. [Obsolescent]
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Libertine, a. [L. libertinus of a freedman: cf. F. libertin. See , n. ] 1. Free from restraint; uncontrolled. [Obs.]
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You are too much libertine. Beau. & Fl.
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2. Dissolute; licentious; profligate; loose in morals; as, libertine principles or manners. Bacon.
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Libertinism (-tĭnĭz'm), n. 1. The state of a libertine or freedman. [R.] Hammond.
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2. Licentious conduct; debauchery; lewdness.
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3. Licentiousness of principle or opinion.
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That spirit of religion and seriousness vanished all at once, and a spirit of liberty and libertinism, of infidelity and profaneness, started up in the room of it. Atterbury.
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Liberty (lĭbẽrt�), n.; pl. Liberties (-tĭz). [OE. liberte, F. liberté, fr. L. libertas, fr. liber free. See .] 1. The state of a free person; exemption from subjection to the will of another claiming ownership of the person or services; freedom; -- opposed to slavery, serfdom, bondage, or subjection.
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But ye . . . caused every man his servant, and every man his handmaid whom he had set at liberty at their pleasure, to return, and brought them into subjection. Jer. xxxiv. 16.
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Delivered fro the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the sons of God. Bible, 1551. Rom. viii. 21.
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2. Freedom from imprisonment, bonds, or other restraint upon locomotion.
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Being pent from liberty, as I am now. Shak.
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3. A privilege conferred by a superior power; permission granted; leave; as, liberty given to a child to play, or to a witness to leave a court, and the like.
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4. Privilege; exemption; franchise; immunity enjoyed by prescription or by grant; as, the liberties of the commercial cities of Europe.
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His majesty gave not an entire county to any; much less did he grant . . . any extraordinary liberties. Sir J. Davies.
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5. The place within which certain immunities are enjoyed, or jurisdiction is exercised. [Eng.]
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Brought forth into some public or open place within the liberty of the city, and there . . . burned. Fuller.
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6. A certain amount of freedom; permission to go freely within certain limits; also, the place or limits within which such freedom is exercised; as, the liberties of a prison.
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7. A privilege or license in violation of the laws of etiquette or propriety; as, to permit, or take, a liberty.
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He was repeatedly provoked into striking those who had taken liberties with him. Macaulay.
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8. The power of choice; freedom from necessity; freedom from compulsion or constraint in willing.
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The idea of liberty is the idea of a power in any agent to do or forbear any particular action, according to the determination or thought of the mind, whereby either of them is preferred to the other. Locke.
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This liberty of judgment did not of necessity lead to lawlessness. J. A. Symonds.
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9. (Manege) A curve or arch in a bit to afford room for the tongue of the horse.
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10. (Naut.) Leave of absence; permission to go on shore.
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Coloq. At liberty . (a) Unconfined; free. (b) At leisure. -- Coloq. Civil liberty , exemption from arbitrary interference with person, opinion, or property, on the part of the government under which one lives, and freedom to take part in modifying that government or its laws. -- Coloq. Liberty bell . See under . -- Coloq. Liberty cap . (a) The Roman pileus which was given to a slave at his manumission. (b) A limp, close-fitting cap with which the head of representations of the goddess of liberty is often decked. It is sometimes represented on a spear or a liberty pole. -- Coloq. Liberty of the press , freedom to print and publish without official supervision. Coloq. Liberty party , the party, in the American Revolution, which favored independence of England; in more recent usage, a party which favored the emancipation of the slaves. -- Coloq. Liberty pole , a tall flagstaff planted in the ground, often surmounted by a liberty cap. [U. S.] -- Coloq. Moral liberty , that liberty of choice which is essential to moral responsibility. -- Coloq. Religious liberty , freedom of religious opinion and worship.
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Syn. -- Leave; permission; license. -- , . These words, though often interchanged, are distinct in some of their applications. Liberty has reference to previous restraint; freedom, to the simple, unrepressed exercise of our powers. A slave is set at liberty; his master had always been in a state of freedom. A prisoner under trial may ask liberty (exemption from restraint) to speak his sentiments with freedom (the spontaneous and bold utterance of his feelings). The liberty of the press is our great security for freedom of thought.
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Libethenite (lĭbĕthĕnīt), n. [From Libethen, in Hungary, where it was first found.] (Min.) A mineral of an olive-green color, commonly in orthorhombic crystals. It is a hydrous phosphate of copper.
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libidinal adj. Of or pertaining to the libido; caused by libido; as, libidinal gratification; libidinal impulses.
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Libidinist (lĭbĭdĭnĭst), n. [See .] One given to lewdness.
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Libidinosity (-nŏsĭt�), n. The state or quality of being libidinous; libidinousness. Skelton.
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Libidinous (-nŭs), a. [L. libidinosus, fr. libido, libidinis, pleasure, desire, lust, fr. libet, lubet, it pleases: cf. F. libidineux. See .] Having lustful desires; characterized by lewdness; sensual; lascivious. -- Libidinously, adv. -- Libidinousness, n.
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Syn. -- Lewd; lustful; lascivious; unchaste; impure; sensual; licentious; lecherous; salacious.
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libido (lĭbēd�), n. 1. Sexual desire; the sexual instinct; the sex drive.
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2. (Psychoanalysis) Those desires and instinctual energies which are derived from the id.
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{ Libken (lĭbkĕn), Libkin (lĭbkĭn), } n. [AS. libban, E. live, v. i. + -kin.] A house or lodging. [Old Slang] B. Jonson.
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Libocedrus n. A genus of cedarlike cypresses.
Syn. -- genus Libocedrus.
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Libra (lībrȧ), n.; pl. Libræ (lībrē). [L., a balance.] (Astron.) (a) The Balance; the seventh sign in the zodiac, which the sun enters at the autumnal equinox in September, marked thus ♎ in almanacs, etc. (b ) A southern constellation between Virgo and Scorpio.
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Libral (lībr�l), a. [L. libralis, fr. libra the Roman pound.] Of a pound weight. [Obs.] Johnson.
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Librarian (l�brārĭ�n), n. [See .] 1. One who has the care or charge of a library.
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2. One who copies manuscript books. [Obs.] Broome.
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Librarianship, n. The office of a librarian.
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Library (lībr�r�), n.; pl. Libraries (-rĭz). [OE. librairie, F. librairie bookseller's shop, book trade, formerly, a library, fr. libraire bookseller, L. librarius, from liber book; cf. libraria bookseller's shop, librarium bookcase, It. libreria. See .] 1. A considerable collection of books kept for use, and not as merchandise; as, a private library; a public library.
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2. A building or apartment appropriated for holding such a collection of books. Holland.
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Librate (lībrāt), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Librated (lībr�tĕd); p. pr. & vb. n. Librating.] [L. libratus, p. p. of librare to balance, to make even, fr. libra. Cf. , , .] To vibrate as a balance does before resting in equilibrium; hence, to be poised.
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Their parts all librate on too nice a beam. Clifton.
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Librate, v. t. To poise; to balance.
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Libration (l�brāshŭn), n. [L. libratio: cf. F. libration.] 1. The act or state of librating. Jer. Taylor.
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2. (Astron.) A real or apparent libratory motion, like that of a balance before coming to rest.
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Coloq. Libration of the moon , any one of those small periodical changes in the position of the moon's surface relatively to the earth, in consequence of which narrow portions at opposite limbs become visible or invisible alternately. It receives different names according to the manner in which it takes place; as: (a) Libration in longitude, that which, depending on the place of the moon in its elliptic orbit, causes small portions near the eastern and western borders alternately to appear and disappear each month. (b) Libration in latitude, that which depends on the varying position of the moon's axis in respect to the spectator, causing the alternate appearance and disappearance of either pole. (c) Diurnal or parallactic libration, that which brings into view on the upper limb, at rising and setting, some parts not in the average visible hemisphere.
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Libration point (l�brāshŭn point), n. any one of five points in the plane of a system of two large astronomical bodies orbiting each other, as the Earth-moon system, where the gravitational pull of the two bodies on an object are approximately equal, and in opposite directions. A solid object moving in the same velocity and direction as such a libration point will remain in gravitational equilibrium with the two bodies of the system and not fall toward either body.
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Libratory (lībrȧt�r�), a. Balancing; moving like a balance, as it tends to an equipoise or level.
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Librettist (lĭbrĕttĭst), n. One who makes a libretto.
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Libretto (lĭbrĕtt�; It. l�br�tt�), n.; pl. E. Librettos (-tōz), It. Libretti (-t�). [It., dim. of libro book, L. liber. See .] (Mus.) (a) A book containing the words of an opera or extended piece of music. (b) The words themselves.
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Libriform (lībrĭfôrm), a. [Liber + -form.] (Bot.) Having the form of liber, or resembling liber.
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Coloq. Libriform cells , peculiar wood cells which are very slender and relatively thick-walled, and occasionally are furnished with bordered pits. Goodale.
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Libya prop. n. A country in Northern Africa, between Egypt and Tunisia, bordering the Mediterranean Sea. It also borders on Algeria, Chad, Niger, and Sudan. It is an Arabic-speaking country with over 97% of the population Sunni Moslem. The population in 1995 was about 5,248,000. The capital is Tripoli.
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☞ Until the formation of the modern nation of Libya in 1952, the name had been applied to the same territory that had been ruled by Italy, and after World War II, by Britain and France. In ancient times, Libya was the name given to all of that part of Africa between Egypt and the Atlantic Ocean, and sometimes to Africa as a whole.
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Libyan (lĭbĭ�n), a. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of, the country Libya or its inhabitants.
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Lice (līs), n.; pl. of .
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licence (līs�ns), licenced, licencee Same as , , .
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Licensable (līs�nsȧb'l), a. That can be licensed.
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License (līs�ns), n. [Written also licence.] [F. licence, L. licentia, fr. licere to be permitted, prob. orig., to be left free to one; akin to linquere to leave. See , and cf. , .] 1. Authority or liberty given to do or forbear any act; especially, a formal permission from the proper authorities to perform certain acts or to carry on a certain business, which without such permission would be illegal; a grant of permission; as, a license to preach, to practice medicine, to sell gunpowder or intoxicating liquors.
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To have a license and a leave at London to dwell. P. Plowman.
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2. The document granting such permission. Addison.
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3. Excess of liberty; freedom abused, or used in contempt of law or decorum; disregard of law or propriety.
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License they mean when they cry liberty. Milton.
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4. That deviation from strict fact, form, or rule, in which an artist or writer indulges, assuming that it will be permitted for the sake of the advantage or effect gained; as, poetic license; grammatical license, etc.
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Syn. -- Leave; liberty; permission.
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