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Antonyms for emancipate

Grammar : Verb
Spell : ih-man-suh-peyt
Phonetic Transcription : ɪˈmæn səˌpeɪt


Definition of emancipate

Origin :
  • 1620s, from Latin emancipatus, past participle of emancipare "declare (someone) free, give up one's authority over," in Roman law, the freeing of a son or wife from the legal authority (patria potestas) of the pater familias, to make his or her own way in the world; from ex- "out, away" (see ex-) + mancipare "deliver, transfer or sell," from mancipum "ownership," from manus "hand" (see manual) + capere "take" (see capable). Related: Emancipated; emancipating. Adopted in the cause of religious toleration (17c.), then anti-slavery (1776). Also used in reference to women who free themselves from conventional customs (1850).
  • verb set free
Example sentences :
  • There was a Spartan law forbidding masters to emancipate their slaves.
  • Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
  • He could not emancipate himself sufficiently from the tumult of his own sympathies.
  • Extract from : « Diderot and the Encyclopdists » by John Morley
  • It neither made him to be humane to his slaves, nor to emancipate them.
  • Extract from : « The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass » by Frederick Douglass
  • And my family have been voting for two centuries to emancipate this fellow!
  • Extract from : « The Young Duke » by Benjamin Disraeli
  • The disposition to emancipate them is strongest in Virginia.
  • Extract from : « Anti-Slavery Opinions before the Year 1800 » by William Frederick Poole
  • To emancipate a slave is to take him out of the hands of his master.
  • Extract from : « Orthography » by Elmer W. Cavins
  • He is referring to his promise to emancipate Tiro on a particular day.
  • Extract from : « The Letters of Cicero, Volume 1 » by Marcus Tullius Cicero
  • He had seen Tennessee, Missouri, and Maryland emancipate their slaves.
  • Extract from : « Our American Holidays: Lincoln's Birthday » by Various
  • It is to emancipate itself from all laws, and to play its part freely.
  • Extract from : « The Aesthetical Essays » by Friedrich Schiller
  • Yes, emancipate them from the chains of ignorance, he calls it.
  • Extract from : « Sunlight Patch » by Credo Fitch Harris

Synonyms for emancipate

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