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- pronunciation:
- ih
maen
s
peIt
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
emancipates, emancipating, emancipated |
| definition 1: |
to free from some external control or constraint, such as enslavement or ignorance.
The prisoner was emancipated when new evidence showed he was not guilty.The proclamation of 1863 emancipated slaves in the United States.- synonyms:
- deliver, free, liberate, release, unfetter
- antonyms:
- enslave
- similar words:
- discharge, enfranchise, loose, manumit, unleash, unshackle
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| definition 2: |
in law, to release (a child) from parental control.
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| related words: |
deliver, pardon, rescue |
adverb + (v.)emancipate
always, else, enough, finally, for, fully, increasingly, legally, nearly, newly, only, recently, simply
(v.)emancipate
+ noun
action,
black,
care,
child,
condition,
constraint,
context,
education,
folly,
history,
individual,
jew,
kid,
mind,
nation,
parent,
people,
position,
process,
project,
race,
reality,
reform,
regime,
servitude,
slave,
slavery,
step,
struggle,
system,
tribe,
welfare,
woman,
worker,
world,
year,
yoke
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| derivations: |
emancipative (adj.), emancipatory (adj.), emancipator (n.) |
The word emancipate
contains the following parts:
e-
Latin
prefix
that means out, out of, away
  More about this word part:
The prefix e-
is an assimilated form of ex- used before roots beginning with certain consonants (b d, g, j, l, m, n, r, v). See ex-.
Example words:
ebullient, edentulous, edict, educate, educe, egregious, egress, ejaculate, eject, elaborate, elate, elect, elicit, elide, eligible, elite, elocution, elongate, eloquence, eloquent, elucidate, elude, emaciate, emancipate, emasculate, emend, emerge, emergency, emigrate, eminent, emissary, emit, emollient, emolument, emulsion, enervate, enormity, enormous, enumerate, enunciate, eradicate, erase, erode, eruct, erudite, erupt, evacuate, evade, evaluate, evanesce, event, eventuate, evert, evict, evident, evocative, evoke, evolution, evolve, ineluctable, ineradicable
man, mani, manu, main
Latin
root
that means hand
Example words:
amanuensis, bimanual, emancipate, maintain, maintenance, manacle, manage, manager, mandate, maneuver, manicure, manifest, manipulate, manual, manufacture, manumission, manumit, manuscript, mortmain, quadrumanous
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