emancipate

English

Etymology

From Latin ēmancipātus, past participle of ēmancipō (“to declare (a son) free and independent of the father's power by the thrice-repeated act of mancipātiō and manumissiō, give from one's own power or authority into that of another, give up, surrender”), from ē (“out”) + mancipō (“to transfer ownership in”), from manceps (“purchaser, a contractor, literally, one who takes in hand”), from manus (“hand”) + capiō (“to take”). See manual, and capable.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪˈmænsɪpeɪt/

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Verb

emancipate (third-person singular simple present emancipates, present participle emancipating, simple past and past participle emancipated)

1. To set free from the power of another; to liberate; as:
   1. To set free, as a minor from a parent

      The child was emancipated from its parents

   2. To set free from slavery or bondage; to give freedom to; to manumit

      to emancipate a slave

      emancipate a country

2. To free from any controlling influence, especially from anything which exerts undue or evil influence

   emancipate someone from prejudices or error

   • 1699, John Evelyn, Acetaria: A Discourse of Sallets:

     From how many troublesome and slavish impertinences […] he had emancipated and freed himself.

   • 1879, Adolphus Ward, “Chaucer”, in English Men of Letters:

     to emancipate the human conscience

   • 1980, “Redemption Song”, performed by Bob Marley:

     Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery, none but ourselves can free our minds.

Synonyms

• liberate
• manumit

Derived terms

• emancipatory
• emancipatrix

Related terms

• emancipation
• emancipator
• emancipist

Translations

To set free from the power of another

• Bulgarian: еманципирам (bg) (emancipiram)
• Catalan: emancipar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 解放 (gaai² fong³)

  Hokkien: 解放 (zh-min-nan) (kái-hòng)

  Mandarin: 解放 (zh) (jiěfàng)

• Danish: frigøre (da) c or n
• Dutch: emanciperen (nl)
• French: émanciper (fr)
• Hindi: उबारना (hi) (ubārnā), उद्धार करना (uddhār karnā)
• Icelandic: ánauðarfrelsun f
• Irish: fuascail
• Japanese: 解放する (かいほうする, kaihō suru)
• Polish: emancypować (pl) impf, wyemancypować pf
• Portuguese: emancipar (pt)
• Romanian: emancipa (ro), dezrobi (ro), elibera (ro)
• Spanish: emancipar (es)
• Vietnamese: giải phóng (vi) (解放 (vi))

Adjective

emancipate (comparative more emancipate, superlative most emancipate)

1. Freed; set at liberty.

References

• “emancipate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Further reading

• “emancipate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “emancipate”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Italian

Etymology 1

Adjective

emancipate

1. feminine plural of emancipato

Participle

emancipate f pl

1. feminine plural of emancipato

Etymology 2

Verb

emancipate

1. inflection of emancipare:
   1. second-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

Latin

Verb

ēmancipāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of ēmancipō

Spanish

Verb

emancipate

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of emancipar combined with te