EMANCIPATE

manumit, emancipate

(verb) free from slavery or servitude

emancipate, liberate

(verb) give equal rights to; of women and minorities

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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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

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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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