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e·man·ci·pate

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–verb (used with object), -pat·ed, -pat·ing.

1.	to free from restraint, influence, or the like.

2.	to free (a slave) from bondage.

3.	Roman and Civil Law. to terminate paternal control over.

[Origin: 1615–25; < L émancipātus (ptp. of émancipāre) freed from control, equiv. to é- e- + man(us) hand + -cip- (comb. form of capere to seize) + -ātus -ate¹

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—Related forms

e·man·ci·pa·tive, adjective

e·man·ci·pa·tor, noun

—Synonyms 1, 2. See release.

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e·man·ci·pate Audio Help (ĭ-mān'sə-pāt') Pronunciation Key
tr.v. e·man·ci·pat·ed, e·man·ci·pat·ing, e·man·ci·pates

To free from bondage, oppression, or restraint; liberate.
Law To release (a child) from the control of parents or a guardian.

[Latin ēmancipāre, ēmancipāt- : ē-, ex-, ex- + mancipāre, to sell, transfer (from manceps, mancip-, purchaser; see man-² in Indo-European roots).]

e·man'ci·pa'tive, e·man'ci·pa·to'ry (-pə-tôr'ē, -tōr'ē) adj., e·man'ci·pa'tor n.

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emancipate

1605, from L. emancipatus, pp. of emancipare "declare (someone) free, give up one's authority over," in Roman law, the freeing of a son or wife from the legal authority (patria potestas) of the pater familias, to make his or her own way in the world; from ex- "out, away" + mancipare "deliver, transfer or sell," from mancipum "ownership," from manus "hand" (see manual) + capere "take" (see capable). Adopted in the cause of religious toleration (17c.), then anti-slavery (1776). Also used in ref. to women who free themselves from conventional customs (1850). Emancipation in the slavery sense is from 1785.

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emancipate
verb
1.	give equal rights to; of women and minorities
2.	free from slavery or servitude [syn: manumit]

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emancipate [iˈmӕnsipeit] verb

to set free from slavery or other strict or unfair control

Arabic:	يُحَرِّر، يُعْتِق (من العُبودِيَّه)
Chinese (Simplified):	解放；解脱
Chinese (Traditional):	解放；解脫
Czech:	osvobodit
Danish:	frigøre; frigive
Dutch:	emanciperen
Estonian:	vabastama
Finnish:	vapauttaa
French:	émanciper
German:	befreien
Greek:	απελευθερώνω
Hungarian:	emancipál
Icelandic:	leysa úr ánauð
Indonesian:	membebaskan
Italian:	emancipare

Japanese:	解放する
Korean:	해방하다
Latvian:	emancipēt, atbrīvot
Lithuanian:	išlaisvinti
Norwegian:	frigjøre, emansipere, frigi
Polish:	wyzwalać
Portuguese (Brazil):	emancipar
Portuguese (Portugal):	emancipar
Romanian:	a (se) emancipa
Russian:	эмансипировать
Slovak:	emancipovať sa
Slovenian:	osvoboditi
Spanish:	emancipar
Swedish:	frigöra, emancipera
Turkish:	özgürlük vermek

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Emancipate

E*man"ci*pate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Emancipated; p. pr. & vb. n. Emancipating.] [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.] 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.

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Emancipate

E*man"ci*pate\, a. [L. emancipatus, p. p.] Set at liberty.

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