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emancipate definition

eman·ci·pate (ē man′sə pāt′, i-)

transitive verb emancipated -·pat′ed, emancipating -·pat′·ing

  1. to set free (a slave, etc.); release from bondage, servitude, or serfdom
  2. to free from restraint or control, as of social convention
  3. 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)

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emancipate Synonyms

emancipate

v.

free, release, liberate, deliver; see free 1. See syn. study at free.


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emancipate Usage Examples

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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