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emancipate

[ ih-man-suh-peyt ]

verb (used with object)

, e·man·ci·pat·ed, e·man·ci·pat·ing.
  1. to free from restraint, influence, or the like.
  2. to free (a person) from bondage or slavery.
  3. Roman and Civil Law. to terminate paternal control over.


emancipate

/ ɪˈmænsɪpətərɪ; ɪˈmænsɪˌpeɪt; -trɪ /

verb

  1. to free from restriction or restraint, esp social or legal restraint
  2. often passive to free from the inhibitions imposed by conventional morality
  3. to liberate (a slave) from bondage


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Derived Forms

  • eˈmanciˌpative, adjective
  • eˈmanciˌpator, noun
  • eˈmanciˌpated, adjective
  • emancipatory, adjective

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Other Words From

  • e·man·ci·pa·tive adjective
  • e·man·ci·pa·tor noun
  • non·e·man·ci·pa·tive adjective
  • un·e·man·ci·pa·tive adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of emancipate1

First recorded in 1615–25; from Latin ēmancipātus (past participle of ēmancipāre ) “freed from control,” equivalent to ē- “out of, from” ( e- 1 ) + man(us) “hand” + -cip- (combining form of capere “to seize”) + -ātus past participle suffix ( -ate 1 )

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Word History and Origins

Origin of emancipate1

C17: from Latin ēmancipāre to give independence (to a son), from mancipāre to transfer property, from manceps a purchaser; see manciple

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Synonym Study

See release.

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Example Sentences

The desire to emancipate Greece, the birthplace of democracy, ran strong among the British for centuries.

Was the president planning to act on the wishes of the radicals of his party and emancipate all the slaves?

Namely, that we are narcissistic, entitled, financial drains on our parents, unable to emancipate, and excessively solipsistic.

“Like so many other young people in this country, Timmy, when he reached age 18, was allowed to emancipate,” says Jeannette.

He might also emancipate an unmarried daughter, who thus in her own self became an independent family.

Conservatism cannot emancipate itself from the conditions of the age.

Can Sir P. Perring understand the difference between finding fault with others, and seeking to emancipate ourselves?

The second effect has been to break down family, local, and national ties, and emancipate the individual man.

It is necessary also to emancipate our minds from the obsession that only "ignorant foreigners" are affected.

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