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manumit

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man⋅u⋅mit

  [man-yuh-mit]
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–verb (used with object), -mit⋅ted, -mit⋅ting.
to release from slavery or servitude.
Origin:
1375–1425; late ME < L manūmittere, earlier manū ēmittere to send away from (one's) hand, i.e., to set free. See manus, emit

Related forms:
man⋅u⋅mit⋅ter, noun
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man·u·mit   (mān'yə-mĭt')   
tr.v.   man·u·mit·ted, man·u·mit·ting, man·u·mits
To free from slavery or bondage; emancipate.

[Middle English manumitten, from Old French manumitter, from Latin manūmittere : manū, ablative of manus, hand; see man-2 in Indo-European roots + mittere, to send from.]
man'u·mis'sion (-mĭsh'ən) n., man'u·mit'ter n.
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