Both Uses of
liberate
in
The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
- In about four months after I went to New Bedford, there came a young man to me, and inquired if I did not wish to take the "Liberator."†
Chpt 11 *liberator = someone who sets others free
- I had not long been a reader of the "Liberator," before I got a pretty correct idea of the principles, measures and spirit of the anti-slavery reform.†
Chpt 11
Definitions:
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(1)
(liberate) to set free -- as from prison, political oppression, persecution, expectations...
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
In chemistry liberate can specifically mean to free something (such as a gas) from a compound through chemical reaction. Even more rarely, liberate is used in a humorous way as a synonym for stealing (taking without permission).