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Liberate   /lˈɪbərˌeɪt/   Listen
Liberate

verb
(past & past part. liberated; pres. part. liberating)
1.
Give equal rights to; of women and minorities.  Synonym: emancipate.
2.
Grant freedom to; free from confinement.  Synonyms: free, loose, release, unloose, unloosen.
3.
Grant freedom to.  Synonym: set free.
4.
Release (gas or energy) as a result of a chemical reaction or physical decomposition.  Synonyms: free, release.






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"Liberate" Quotes from Famous Books



... manumission of the slaves in New York has been gradual. When public opinion became strong in their favor, then grew up a custom of buying the services of a slave, for six or eight years, with a condition to liberate him at the end of the period. Then the law provided that all born after a certain day should be free, the males at twenty eight and the females at twenty-five. After this the owner was obliged to cause his servants to be taught ...
— The Pioneers • James Fenimore Cooper

... be that I have received no answer to my letter of the 21st last, I shall yet continue to do my duty to my government and the cause of discovery, by pointing out every circumstance that may have a probability of inducing you to liberate my ...
— A Voyage to Terra Australis Volume 2 • Matthew Flinders

... both animal and vegetable origin, such as lard, suet, butter, cream, olive oil, nut oil, and cottonseed oil. The ordinary cooking temperatures have comparatively little effect on fat, except to melt it if it is solid. The higher temperatures decompose at least some of it, and thus liberate substances that may be irritating to the ...
— Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 1 - Volume 1: Essentials of Cookery; Cereals; Bread; Hot Breads • Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences

... hasty ardent words to Julia, telling her how he had been entrapped, but not a word about his sufferings—he was too generous to give her needless pain—and a line to Edward, imploring him to come at once with a lawyer and an honest physician, and liberate him. ...
— Hard Cash • Charles Reade

... "I see, I see it all," said he. "You will liberate yourself from one tyrant, your highness, to become the prey of another. The eyes of the dying see clear, and I tell you, duchess, you were already on the point of giving away the power you have attained. Know you ...
— The Daughter of an Empress • Louise Muhlbach


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