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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Emancipate \E*man"ci*pate\, a. [L. emancipatus p. p.] Set at liberty. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: emancipate v 1: give equal rights to of women and minorities [syn: {liberate}] 2: free from slavery or servitude [syn: {manumit}]
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