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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Liberat, p.p. Also: -ate. [e.m.E. liberate (1597), L. līberātus p.p. of līberāre f. līber free. Appar. chiefly Sc.] Set free, released, discharged, in lit. and fig. senses: see Liberat,v. (1) 1632 Justiciary Cases I. 176.
Johnne and Andro … to be liberat fred and releiwit furth of the said waird 1661 Justiciary Rec. I. 23.
The diet is deserted and he [the defender] liberate 1686 Reg. Privy C. 3 Ser. XIII. 19, 24, etc.
Liberat 1696 Soc. Ant. XI. 441.
Who albeit she be branded for a rampant topping witch … yet … was liberat on bail(2) fig. 1637 Gillespie Eng. Pop. Cerem. i. viii. 25.
The Christian Church … is liberate from the pedagogicall instruction of the ceremoniall law 1639 Aberd. B. Rec. III. 158.
That thay … be frie and liberat fra payment of any taxatioun [etc.] 1652 Aberd. Council Lett. III. 197.
Yow ar to doe your best to obtein us liberat of the samen [cess] 1668 Rothesay B. Rec. 163.
The said Niniane is liberat of being cautioner for him 1671 True Nonconf. 125.
The old dispensation from which we are liberate 1698 Aberd. B. Rec. IV. 325.
[That] the magistrats cited [should be] liberate of all trouble and expences they may sustain thairanent
