liber
noun
liber
1 American
[lahy-ber]
/ ˈlaɪ bər /
noun
Botany.
liber
2
American
[lahy-ber, li-ber ]
/ ˈlaɪ bər, ˈlɪ bɛr /
noun
libri,
plural
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
Example Sentences
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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
After the Fatherland became a Republic, its Socialist first President, Friedrich Ebert. decreed as the national anthem: Deutschland, Deutschland liber Alles, liber Alles in der Welt!
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
In the large number of places in which he speaks of himself, he invariably calls himself 'Catullus'; and in the best MSS. his book is called 'Catulli Veronensis liber.'
From The Roman Poets of the Republic by Sellar, W. Y.
The following year, Les invited Liber to march in Selma, Ala. The trips affected him deeply, his brother said.
From New York Times ● Dec. 19, 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
To follow along with the melody, our priest suggested the Liber Usualis, a book of religious chant music dating back to the 11th century.
From New York Times ● May 8, 2020
“Increasing land supply while prices are high, and vice versa won’t work because property developers will hold onto their existing stocks to maximize profits, and this drives up prices,” added Liber.
From Forbes ● Apr. 3, 2015
He opened the book, which was a Bestiary called Liber de Natura Quorundam Animalium, and showed that it had pictures on every page.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
The man whose culture is limited, or, rather, entirely estranged from the understanding of life, is called homo unius libri.
From The Reform of Education by Gentile, Giovanni
His notes of the cases in which he was engaged for the Spaniards were posthumously published in 1613 at Hanau, as Hispanicae advocationis libri duo.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" by Various
These are noted in the following terms: Secuntur libri existentes in armariis librarie.
From The Care of Books by Clark, John Willis
The old Latin proverb reminds us of this fact, Cave ab homine unius libri: Be cautious of the man of one book!
From Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 by Disraeli, Isaac
Half a blessed hour has not elapsed since we entered into the door of this hill-house, and we offer twenty to one that we read Ossian ad aperturam libri, in the original Gaelic.
From Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) by Wilson, John Lyde
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