Difference between Librate and Weigh

What is the difference between Librate and Weigh?

Librate as a verb is to oscillate (like the beam of a balance) while Weigh as a verb is to determine the weight of an object.

Librate

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A piece of land having a value of one pound per year

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To oscillate (like the beam of a balance)

Weigh

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To determine the weight of an object.Often with "out", to measure a certain amount of something by its weight, e.g. for sale.To determine the intrinsic value or merit of an object, to evaluate.To consider a subject.To have a certain weight.To raise an anchor free of the seabed.

Example sentence: The government that governs from afar absolutely requires that the truth and the facts reach its knowledge by every possible channel, so that it may weigh and estimate them better, and this need increases when a country like the Philippines is concerned, where the inhabitants speak and complain in a language unknown to the authorities.

We hope you now know whether to use Librate or Weigh in your sentence.

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