Definition of Emancipate

1. Verb. Give equal rights to; of women and minorities.

Exact synonyms: Liberate
Generic synonyms: Change State, Turn
Derivative terms: Emancipation, Liberation, Liberty

2. Verb. Free from slavery or servitude.
Exact synonyms: Manumit
Generic synonyms: Liberate, Set Free
Derivative terms: Emancipation, Emancipative, Emancipator, Manumission, Manumitter

Definition of Emancipate

1. v. t. 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.

2. a. Set at liberty.

Definition of Emancipate

1. Verb. To set free from the power of another; to liberate; as: ¹

2. Verb. To free from any controlling influence, especially from anything which exerts undue or evil influence; as, to emancipate one from prejudices or error. ¹

3. Adjective. Freed; set at liberty. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Emancipate

1. [v -PATED, -PATING, -PATES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Emancipate

emalangeni
emanant
emanate
emanated
emanates
emanating
emanation
emanationism
emanations
emanative
emanatively
emanator
emanatorium
emanators
emanatory
emancipate (current term)
emancipated
emancipates
emancipating
emancipation
emancipationist
emancipationists
emancipations
emancipative
emancipator
emancipators
emancipatory
emancipatrices
emancipatrix
emancipist

Literary usage of Emancipate

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1868)
"And emancipation 1 You have already emancipated nearly two millions of our slaves—and if you will take care of them, you may emancipate the rest. ..."

2. War Powers Under the Constitution of the United States by William Whiting (1864)
"POWERS OF THE PRESIDENT NOT INCONSISTENT WITH POWERS OF CONGRESS TO emancipate SLAVES. The right of the Executive to strike this blow against his enemy does ..."

3. History of the Antislavery Measures of the Thirty-seventh and Thirty-eighth by Henry Wilson (1865)
"of Massachusetts asked leave to introduce a joint resolution to grant aid to the States of Maryland and Delaware to emancipate certain persons held to ..."

4. "The Kingdom of God is Within You": Christianity Not as a Mystic Religion by Leo Tolstoy, Constance Black Garnett (1894)
"... OF THE CHRISTIAN CONCEPTION OF LIFE WILL emancipate MEN FROM THE MISERIES OF OUR PAGAN LIFE The external life of Christian peoples remains pagan though ..."

5. The West India Colonies: The Calumnies and Misrepresentations Circulated by James MacQueen (1824)
"In 1799, the French Directory directed Victor Hugues to emancipate the Slaves in that colony. Their number then was about 11000. Between 4000 and 5000 only, ..."

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