| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| ad libitum |
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| SYLLABICATION: | ad lib·i·tum |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   d l b -t m |
| ADJECTIVE: | Music At the discretion of the performer. Used chiefly as a direction giving license to alter or omit a part. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Latin ad, according to + libitum, past participle of lib re, to please.
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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