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ad libitum definition

ad libi·tum (ad lib′i təm)

Musical Direction at (one's) pleasure; as one pleases: used to indicate that the marked section may be altered in tempo, ornamented, omitted, improvised, etc.

Etymology: ML < L ad, at + libitum < libet, it pleases: see love

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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