emancipate
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eman·ci·pate (ē man′sə pāt′, i-)
transitive verb emancipated -·pat′ed, emancipating -·pat′·ing
- to set free (a slave, etc.); release from bondage, servitude, or serfdom
- to free from restraint or control, as of social convention
- Law to release (a child) from parental control and supervision
Etymology: < L emancipatus, pp. of emancipare < e-, out + mancipare, to deliver up or make over as property < manceps, purchaser < manus, the hand (see manual) + capere, to take (see have)
Related Forms:
- emancipation eman′·ci·pa′·tion noun
- emancipative eman′·ci·pa′·tive adjective or emancipatory eman′·ci·pa·to′ry (-pe tôr′ē)
- emancipator eman′·ci·pa′·tor noun
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Object
- slave: During the American Civil War Owen urged Abraham Lincoln to force the South to emancipate the slaves.
Modifying Another Word
- not: Rather, he insisted that the proletariat could not emancipate itself through the use of state power.
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