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Grammar : Verb |
Spell : lib-uh-reyt |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈlɪb əˌreɪt |
Definition of liberating
Origin :- 1620s, from Latin liberatus, past participle of liberare "set free," from liber "free" (see liberal). Meaning "to free an occupied territory from the enemy" (often used ironically) is from 1942. Related: Liberated; liberating.
- verb give freedom
- He was a fair linguist, this ancient survivor of the Liberating armies.
- Extract from : « A Set of Six » by Joseph Conrad
- It was only after the bitterest struggle, that he determined on liberating his betrothed.
- Extract from : « The Huguenots in France » by Samuel Smiles.
- Let us trace, (say the Jacobins), the progress of this liberating operation.
- Extract from : « The Origins of Contemporary France, Volume 4 (of 6) » by Hippolyte A. Taine
- Do not utter any exclamation of surprise; I have come in the hopes of liberating you!
- Extract from : « The Golden Grasshopper » by W.H.G. Kingston
- The flight of Leland, under Providence, was really the means of liberating the negro.
- Extract from : « The Ranger » by Edward S. Ellis
- There was no intention of liberating the Winchester convicts.
- Extract from : « Sir Walter Ralegh » by William Stebbing
- And how was the injustice of liberating the guilty mended by the torments of the innocent?
- Extract from : « Studies of Christianity » by James Martineau
- This accession to their wealth should be consecrated to the work of liberating their fellow-creatures.
- Extract from : « Slavery » by William E. Channing
- The same motive was the reason of their liberating Dardanum.
- Extract from : « The History of Rome, Books 37 to the End » by Titus Livius
- It is a most regrettable little fling on the part of the "Liberating" Army.
- Extract from : « Diplomatic Days » by Edith O'Shaughnessy
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