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TOEFL BNC: 24131 COCA: 23235

emancipate

1 ENTRIES FOUND:
emancipate ˈmænsəˌpeɪt/ verb
emancipates; emancipated; emancipating
emancipate
ˈmænsəˌpeɪt/
verb
emancipates; emancipated; emancipating
Learner's definition of EMANCIPATE
[+ object] formal
: to free (someone) from someone else's control or power解放;使不受束缚

— emancipated

adjective

— emancipation

/ɪˌmænsəˈpeɪʃən/ noun [noncount]

— emancipator

ˈmænsəˌpeɪtɚ/ noun, plural emancipators chiefly US [count]
TOEFL BNC: 24131 COCA: 23235

emancipate

verb

eman·​ci·​pate i-ˈman(t)-sə-ˌpāt How to pronounce emancipate (audio)
emancipated; emancipating

transitive verb

1
: to free from restraint, control, or the power of another
especially : to free from bondage
2
: to release from parental care and responsibility and make sui juris
3
: to free from any controlling influence (such as traditional mores or beliefs)
emancipator noun
emancipatory adjective
Choose the Right Synonym for emancipate

free, release, liberate, emancipate, manumit mean to set loose from restraint or constraint.

free implies a usually permanent removal from whatever binds, confines, entangles, or oppresses.

freed the animals from their cages

release suggests a setting loose from confinement, restraint, or a state of pressure or tension, often without implication of permanent liberation.

released his anger on a punching bag

liberate stresses particularly the resulting state of liberty.

liberated their country from the tyrant

emancipate implies the liberation of a person from subjection or domination.

labor-saving devices emancipated us from household drudgery

manumit implies emancipation from slavery.

the document manumitted the slaves

Example Sentences

He felt the only way to emancipate himself from his parents was to move away. under the cover of darkness animal rights activists emancipated the inhabitants of the mink ranch
Recent Examples on the Web The original executive order was made by union troops in Galveston, Texas to emancipate over 250,000 Black slaves in the state. Scott Luxor, Sun Sentinel, 18 Aug. 2022 Over the course of a week-long session at the camp, Whistler butts heads with Jordan (played by Germaine), a trans and nonbinary teen who made a deal with their parents to legally emancipate themself after attending the camp. Wilson Chapman, Variety, 22 June 2022 Alexander Hamilton, Edmund Randolph, John Jay—indeed, just about every one of the Founders who went on record—affirmed that under the law of nations belligerents could emancipate enemy slaves in an effort to win a war or suppress a rebellion. James Oakes, The New York Review of Books, 12 May 2022 As the season unfolds, Edwina finds a way to emancipate herself from her older sister's opinions, just as Kate will learn to want things for herself. Sheena Scott, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2022 If money just gushes out of the ground in the form of hydrocarbons or diamonds or other minerals, the oppressors can emancipate themselves from the oppressed. David Remnick, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2022 The Christmas Princess springs from the same need as my memoir The Meaning of Mariah Carey — to emancipate the little girl in me. Daniela Avila, PEOPLE.com, 5 Feb. 2022 Over the past months, Spears has been using Instagram to communicate with fans and thank them for their continued support in her battle to emancipate herself from her conservatorship. Ruth Kinane, EW.com, 21 Sep. 2021 Over the past months, Spears has been using Instagram to communicate with fans and thank them for their continued support in her battle to emancipate herself from her conservatorship. Ruth Kinane, EW.com, 21 Sep. 2021 See More

Word History

Etymology

Latin emancipatus, past participle of emancipare, from e- + mancipare to transfer ownership of, from mancip-, manceps contractor, from manus hand + capere to take — more at manual, heave entry 1

First Known Use

1613, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of emancipate was in 1613
TOEFL BNC: 24131 COCA: 23235

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