Synonyms for emancipate
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : ih-man-suh-peyt |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɪˈmæn səˌpeɪt |
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Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for emancipate
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