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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; < Latin ēmancipātus (past participle of ēmancipāre) freed from control, equivalent to ē- e- + 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- + 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
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
EXPANDor 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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