Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
EMANCIPATE
manumit, emancipate
(verb) free from slavery or servitude
emancipate, liberate
(verb) give equal rights to; of women and minorities
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
emancipate (third-person singular simple present emancipates, present participle emancipating, simple past and past participle emancipated)
To set free from the power of another; to liberate; as
To set free, as a minor from a parent
To set free from bondage; to give freedom to; to manumit
To free from any controlling influence, especially from anything which exerts undue or evil influence
Synonyms
• liberate
• manumit
Adjective
emancipate (comparative more emancipate, superlative most emancipate)
Freed; set at liberty.
Source: Wiktionary
E*man"ci*pate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Emancipated; p. pr. & vb. n. Emancipating.] Etym: [L. emancipatus, p. p. of emancipare to emancipate; e + mancipare to transfer ownership in, fr. manceps purchaser, as being one who laid his hand on the thing bought; manus hand + capere to take. See Manual, and Capable.]
Definition: To set free from the power of another; to liberate; as: (a) To set free, as a minor from a parent; as, a father may emancipate a child. (b) To set free from bondage; to give freedom to; to manumit; as, to emancipate a slave, or a country. Brasidas . . . declaring that he was sent to emancipate Hellas. Jowett (Thucyd. ).
(c) To free from any controlling influence, especially from anything which exerts undue or evil influence; as, to emancipate one from prejudices or error. From how many troublesome and slavish impertinences . . . he had emancipated and freed himself. Evelyn. To emancipate the human conscience. A. W. Ward.
E*man"ci*pate, a. Etym: [L. emancipatus, p. p.]
Definition: Set at liberty.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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