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   e·man·ci·pate

   /əˈmansəˌpāt/

   verb

   • 1. set free, especially from legal, social, or political restrictions: "the people were emancipated from the shackles of oppression"
   • ▪ set (a child) free from the authority of its father or parents: "the plaintiffs had not been entirely emancipated from their father's control"
   • ▪ free from slavery: "it is estimated that he emancipated 8,000 slaves"

   Word Origin early 17th century: from Latin emancipat- ‘transferred as property’, from the verb emancipare, from e- (variant of ex-) ‘out’ + mancipium ‘slave’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. emancipatory adjective

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2. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › emancipateEmancipate Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

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   The meaning of EMANCIPATE is to free from restraint, control, or the power of another; especially : to free from bondage. How to use emancipate in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Emancipate.

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   EMANCIPATE definition: 1. to give people social or political freedom and rights 2. to give people social or political…. Learn more.

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   Emancipate definition: to free from restraint, influence, or the like.. See examples of EMANCIPATE used in a sentence.

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   If you emancipate someone, you set them free from something. At the end of the Civil War, slaves were emancipated and became free men and women.

6. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › emancipationEmancipation Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

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   noun. Did you know? The Emancipation Proclamation, issued by Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, ordered that enslaved people living in rebellious territories be released from the bonds of ownership and made free people—their own masters.

7. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryEMANCIPATE | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

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   EMANCIPATE meaning: 1. to give people social or political freedom and rights 2. to give people social or political…. Learn more.

8. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definition › englishemancipate verb - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage...

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   Definition of emancipate verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

9. www.thefreedictionary.com › emancipateEmancipate - definition of emancipate by The Free Dictionary

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   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 manciple] eˈmanciˌpated adj

10. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishEMANCIPATE definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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    If people are emancipated, they are freed from unpleasant or unfair social, political, or legal restrictions. [formal] Catholics were emancipated in 1792. [be VERB -ed] That war preserved the Union and emancipated enslaved people. [VERB noun] ...the newly emancipated state.

11. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › learner-englishEMANCIPATE | meaning - Cambridge Learner's Dictionary

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    EMANCIPATE definition: to give people more freedom or rights by removing social, legal, or political controls that limit…. Learn more.