9 May 2016
emancipate
[ih-man-suh-peyt]
verb (used with object), emancipated, emancipating.
1. to free from restraint, influence, or the like.
2. to free (a slave) from bondage.
3. Roman and Civil Law. to terminate paternal control over.
Origin of emancipate
Latin
1615-1625; < Latin ēmancipātus (past participle of ēmancipāre) freed from control, equivalent to ē- e-1+ man (us) hand + -cip- (combining form of capere to seize) + -ātus -ate1
Related forms
emancipative, adjective
emancipator, noun
nonemancipative, adjective
unemancipative, adjective
Synonym Study
1, 2. See release.
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Examples from the Web for emancipate
Contemporary Examples
Was the president planning to act on the wishes of the radicals of his party and emancipate all the slaves?
Lincoln the Primitive Communicator? What He Can Teach Modern Politicians
Douglas L. Wilson
December 14, 2012
“Like so many other young people in this country, Timmy, when he reached age 18, was allowed to emancipate,” says Jeannette.
How a Psychiatric Slip-Up Killed a Cop
Mansfield Frazier
November 2, 2009
Namely, that we are narcissistic, entitled, financial drains on our parents, unable to emancipate, and excessively solipsistic.
Give Millennials a Break!
Hannah Seligson
May 12, 2012
The desire to emancipate Greece, the birthplace of democracy, ran strong among the British for centuries.
Poet and Rake, Lord Byron Was Also an Interventionist With Brains and Savvy
Michael Weiss
February 15, 2014
Historical Examples
There was a Spartan law forbidding masters to emancipate their slaves.
Philothea
Lydia Maria Child
The disposition to emancipate them is strongest in Virginia.
Anti-Slavery Opinions before the Year 1800
William Frederick Poole
Conservatism cannot emancipate itself from the conditions of the age.
The Contemporary Review, January 1883
Various
To emancipate a slave is to take him out of the hands of his master.
Orthography
Elmer W. Cavins
Emancipation from the school does not emancipate one from learning through his fellow-men.
Pedagogics as a System
Karl Rosenkranz
He had seen Tennessee, Missouri, and Maryland emancipate their slaves.
Our American Holidays: Lincoln’s Birthday
Various
Anagram
canape item
iceman tape
cinema pate
Today’s quote
There is no easy walk to freedom anywhere, and many of us will have to pass through the valley of the shadow of death again and again before we reach the mountaintop of our desires.
– Nelson Mandela
On this day
9 May – Russian Victory Day which marks the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany in 1945.
9 May 1960 – the ‘pill’, a contraceptive, is approved by the US Food and Drug Administration. It is now used by 100 million women worldwide.
9 May 1970 – 100,000 protestors gather near the White House to protest US involvement in the war in Cambodia.
9 May 1994 – Nelson Mandela is chosen by the newly-elected South African parliament to be the country’s new President.