emancipate
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e·man·ci·pate
(ĭ-măn'sə-pāt') 
tr.v., -pat·ed, -pat·ing, -pates.
emancipator e·man'ci·pa'tor n.
tr.v., -pat·ed, -pat·ing, -pates.
- To free from bondage, oppression, or restraint; liberate.
- Law. To release (a child) from the control of parents or a guardian.
[Latin ēmancipāre, ēmancipāt- : ē-, ex-, ex- + mancipāre, to sell, transfer (from manceps, mancip-, purchaser).]
emancipative e·man'ci·pa'tive or e·man'ci·pa·to'ry (-pə-tôr'ē, -tōr'ē) adj.emancipator e·man'ci·pa'tor n.
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emancipate
v
Definition: set free
Antonyms: hold, imprison, incarcerate
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emancipate
IN BRIEF: To release from bondage; to free from someone else's control.
President Abraham Lincoln is best known for his efforts to emancipate African Americans from slavery.
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Emancipate
Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - frigøre, gøre uafhængig, frigive
Nederlands (Dutch)
zich emanciperen, zich bevrijden, verzelfstandigen, ontvoogden
Français (French)
v. tr. - émanciper (femme), affranchir (des esclaves), s'émanciper, s'affranchir de, (fig) libérer de, affranchir de
Deutsch (German)
v. - sich emanzipieren
Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - χειραφετώ, απελευθερώνω
Italiano (Italian)
emanciparsi, emancipare
Português (Portuguese)
v. - emancipar
Русский (Russian)
освобождать, эмансипировать
Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - emancipar, liberar
Svenska (Swedish)
v. - frige, emancipera, frigöra
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
释放, 解放
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 釋放, 解放
한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 석방하다, 부권에서 해방하다
العربيه (Arabic)
(فعل) يحرر, يعتق
עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - שחרר, גאל
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