Definition of emancipate Emancipate

/ɪmæˈnsʌpejˌt/ - [imansupeyt] - e•man•ci•pate

We found 13 definitions of emancipate from 6 different sources.

What does emancipate mean?

Verb emancipates, emancipating, emancipated
emancipate - give equal rights to; of women and minorities
		liberate
		change state, turn undergo a transformation or a change of position or action; "We turned from Socialism to Capitalism"; "The people turned against the President when he stole the election"
emancipate - free from slavery or servitude
		manumit
		set free, liberate grant freedom to; "The students liberated their slaves upon graduating from the university"

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emancipate (Verb)
To set free from the power of another; to liberate; as.
emancipate (Verb)
To set free, as a minor from a parent; as, a father may emancipate a child.
emancipate (Verb)
To set free from bondage; to give freedom to; to manumit; as, to emancipate a slave, or a country.
emancipate (Verb)
To free from any controlling influence, especially from anything which exerts undue or evil influence; as, to emancipate one from prejudices or error.
emancipate (Adjective)
Freed; set at liberty.

emancipate (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.
emancipate (v. t.)
To free from any controlling influence, especially from anything which exerts undue or evil influence; as, to emancipate one from prejudices or error.
emancipate (a.)
Set at liberty.

emancipate
e-man′si-pāt, v.t. to set free from servitude: to free from restraint or bondage of any kind.—ns. Emancipā′tion, the act of setting free from bondage or disability of any kind: the state of being set free; Emancipā′tionist, an advocate of the emancipation of slaves; Eman′cipator; Eman′cipist, a convict who has served his time of punishment in a penal colony. [L. emancipāre, -ātum—e, away from, mancipāre, to transfer property—manceps, -cipis, one who gets property, from manus, the hand, capĕre, to take.]