liber
noun
liber
1 American
[lahy-ber]
/ ˈlaɪ bər /
noun
Botany.
liber
2
American
[lahy-ber, li-ber ]
/ ˈlaɪ bər, ˈlɪ bɛr /
noun
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libri,
plural
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libers
plural
Liber
3
American
[lahy-ber]
/ ˈlaɪ bər /
noun
liber
British
/ ˈlaɪbə /
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of liber1
1745–55; < Latin: bark; akin to leaf
Origin of liber2
< Latin: book, originally bark; see liber 1
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A friend described him as a “true believer,” devoted to the mission of Special Forces: De oppresso liber, to free the oppressed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 5, 2021
Registered the within manumission at full length, this eleventh day of July, 1766, in liber D.
From Slate ● Jun. 3, 2015
In little groups they knelt, praying, with priests before them intoning the Litany, Ab ira Vesnvii, liber a nos, Domine.
From Time Magazine Archive
Automation is also certain to liber ate both manpower and brainpower to tackle tasks hitherto considered impossible and to meet human needs till now deemed impractical.
From Time Magazine Archive
The often-quoted instance of Ayllington is doubtful, although the Ramsey Cartulary speaks of the liber tenentes as malmanni.
From Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History by Vinogradoff, Paul
“Les couldn’t believe that somebody actually delivered it,” Liber said.
From New York Times ● Dec. 19, 2022
Alex Liber, an assistant professor in the oncology department of Georgetown University’s School of Medicine who studies tobacco control policy, examined Poland’s experience with a menthol cigarette ban instituted in 2020.
From New York Times ● Jun. 21, 2022
State business license information shows Nommensen is the co-owner of Liber Construction in Spanaway, and the business address listed for the company is the same as Nommensen’s last known address included in charging documents.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 1, 2022
Liber said one of the solutions to providing affordable housing is the separation of the Home Ownership System, commonly known as public housing, from the private property market.
From Forbes ● Apr. 3, 2015
Bacchus, never Dionysus, was the name of the wine-god, who had also a Latin name, Liber.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
Of his numerous works, that on which his fame principally rests is the treatise entitled De Morbis Venereis libri sex, 1736.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" by Various
Its title, according to the oldest MSS., the summaries of the lost Books, and the grammarians, was Ab urbe condita libri; and this is corroborated by Livy’s own language: i. praef.
From The Student's Companion to Latin Authors by Middleton, George
Separate parts may have had special titles: thus Books cix-cxvi. were known as Civilis belli libri viii.
From The Student's Companion to Latin Authors by Middleton, George
Gradually, however, voluntary flagellation appeared in the libri poenitentiales as a very efficacious means of penance.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 4 "Finland" to "Fleury, Andre" by Various
It was to sustain Augustine’s thesis that Orosius produced in 417 his Historiarum libri septem, which remained the standard text-book on world history during the middle ages.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" by Various
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