E*man"ci*pate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Emancipated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Emancipating.] [L. emancipatus, p. p. of emancipare to emancipate; e + mancipare to transfer ownership in, fr. manceps purchaser, as being one who laid his hand on the thing bought; manus hand + capere to take. See Manual, and Capable.]
To set free from the power of another; to liberate; as: (a) To set free, as a minor from a parent; as, a father may emancipate a child. (b) To set free from bondage; to give freedom to; to manumit; as, to emancipate a slave, or a country.
Brasidas . . . declaring that he was sent to emancipate Hellas.
Jowett (Thucyd. ).
(c)
To free from any controlling influence, especially from anything which exerts undue or evil influence; as, to emancipate one from prejudices or error
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From how many troublesome and slavish impertinences . . . he had emancipated and freed himself.
Evelyn.
To emancipate the human conscience.
A. W. Ward.
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E*man"ci*pate (?), a. [L. emancipatus, p. p.]
Set at liberty.
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