English Dictionary

librate

verb

(obsolete, transitive) To place in a balance; to weigh. / (intransitive) To oscillate (like the beam of a balance). / (intransitive) To be poised; to balance oneself.

The pendulum began to librate back and forth.

意味（1）

(obsolete, transitive) To place in a balance; to weigh.

意味（2）

(intransitive) To oscillate (like the beam of a balance).

Their parts all librate on too nice a beam.

意味（3）

(intransitive) To be poised; to balance oneself.

Her playful Sea-horse […] His watery way with waving volutes wins, / Or listening librates on unmoving fins.