| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
| |
| emancipate |
| |
| SYLLABICATION: | e·man·ci·pate |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   -m n s -p t |
| TRANSITIVE VERB: | Inflected forms: e·man·ci·pat·ed, e·man·ci·pat·ing, e·man·ci·pates
1. To free from bondage, oppression, or restraint; liberate. 2. Law To release (a child) from the control of parents or a guardian. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Latin  mancipre, mancipt- : -, ex-, ex- + mancipre, to sell, transfer (from manceps, mancip-, purchaser; see man-2 in Appendix I). | | OTHER FORMS: | e·manci·pative, e·manci·pa·tory (-p-tôr, -t r) —ADJECTIVE
e·manci·pator —NOUN
| | |
| |
| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
|
|
