emancipate
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səˌpeɪt 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 slave) from bondage.
3.
Roman and Civil Law. to terminate paternal control over.
Origin:
1615–25; < Latin ēmancipātus (past participle of ēmancipāre) freed from control, equivalent to ē- e-1 + man(us) hand + -cip- (combining form of capere to seize) + -ātus -ate1
1615–25; < Latin ēmancipātus (past participle of ēmancipāre) freed from control, equivalent to ē- e-1 + man(us) hand + -cip- (combining form of capere to seize) + -ātus -ate1
Related forms
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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emancipate (ɪˈmænsɪˌpeɪt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| 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 |
| [C17: from Latin ēmancipāre to give independence (to a son), from mancipāre to transfer property, from manceps a purchaser; see | |
| e'mancipated | |
| —adj | |
| e'mancipative | |
| —adj | |
| e'mancipator | |
| —n | |
| e'mancipist | |
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| emancipatory | |
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Word Origin & History
emancipate
c.1600, 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).
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Example sentences
If you don't reach an agreement the judge will decide whether to emancipate you or not based on what is in your best interests.
Maybe the book could emancipate itself and establish its own domicile.
They emancipate labor from routine mechanical tasks and offer new employment in technical or creative services.
He describes attempts to emancipate films from their literary content in order to reach a higher level of abstraction.
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