transitive verb manumitted, manumitting
Origin: ME manumitten < OFr manumitter < L manumittere, lit., to let go from the hand, free < manu, abl. of manus, a hand (see manual) + mittere, to send: see mission
See manumit in American Heritage Dictionary 4
transitive verb man·u·mit·ted, man·u·mit·ting, man·u·mits
Origin:
Origin: Middle English manumitten
Origin: , from Old French manumitter
Origin: , from Latin manūmittere
Origin: : manū
Origin: , ablative of manus, hand; see man-2 in Indo-European roots
Origin: + mittere, to send from
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