"emancipate" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ɪˈmænsɪpeɪt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Mélange a trois-emancipate.wav [UK] Forms: more emancipate [comparative], most emancipate [superlative]
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. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*keh₂p-}}, {{bor|en|la|ēmancipātus}} Latin ēmancipātus, {{m|la|mancipātiō}} mancipātiō, {{m|la|manumissiō}} manumissiō, {{m|la|ēmancipō||to declare (a son) free and independent of the father's power by the thrice-repeated act of <i class="Latn mention" lang="la">mancipātiō</i> and <i class="Latn mention" lang="la">manumissiō</i>, give from one's own power or authority into that of another, give up, surrender}} 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”), {{m|la|ē||out}} ē (“out”), {{m|la|mancipō||to transfer ownership in}} mancipō (“to transfer ownership in”), {{m|la|manceps||purchaser, a contractor, literally, one who takes in hand}} manceps (“purchaser, a contractor, literally, one who takes in hand”), {{m|la|manus||hand}} manus (“hand”), {{m|la|capiō||to take}} capiō (“to take”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} emancipate (comparative more emancipate, superlative most emancipate)
  1. Freed; set at liberty.
    Sense id: en-emancipate-en-adj-EHBnIfin Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 23 34 31 13

Verb

IPA: /ɪˈmænsɪpeɪt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Mélange a trois-emancipate.wav [UK] Forms: emancipates [present, singular, third-person], emancipating [participle, present], emancipated [participle, past], emancipated [past]
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. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*keh₂p-}}, {{bor|en|la|ēmancipātus}} Latin ēmancipātus, {{m|la|mancipātiō}} mancipātiō, {{m|la|manumissiō}} manumissiō, {{m|la|ēmancipō||to declare (a son) free and independent of the father's power by the thrice-repeated act of <i class="Latn mention" lang="la">mancipātiō</i> and <i class="Latn mention" lang="la">manumissiō</i>, give from one's own power or authority into that of another, give up, surrender}} 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”), {{m|la|ē||out}} ē (“out”), {{m|la|mancipō||to transfer ownership in}} mancipō (“to transfer ownership in”), {{m|la|manceps||purchaser, a contractor, literally, one who takes in hand}} manceps (“purchaser, a contractor, literally, one who takes in hand”), {{m|la|manus||hand}} manus (“hand”), {{m|la|capiō||to take}} capiō (“to take”) Head templates: {{en-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:
    To set free, as a minor from a parent
    Sense id: en-emancipate-en-verb-Zpfkoqqz Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 39 26 10 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 23 34 31 13
  2. To set free from the power of another; to liberate; as:
    To set free from slavery or bondage; to give freedom to; to manumit     Categories (topical): Slavery
    Sense id: en-emancipate-en-verb-hLRm7yuk Disambiguation of Slavery: 12 17 64 7 Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 23 34 31 13
  3. To free from any controlling influence, especially from anything which exerts undue or evil influence
    Sense id: en-emancipate-en-verb-1utlQnJk Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 23 34 31 13
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: liberate, manumit Derived forms: emancipatory, emancipatrix Related terms: emancipation, emancipator, emancipist Translations (To set free from the power of another): еманципирам (emancipiram) (Bulgarian), emancipar (Catalan), 解放 (zh-min-nan) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 解放 (gaai² fong³) (Chinese Cantonese), 解放 (jiěfàng) (Chinese Mandarin), frigøre [common-gender, neuter] (Danish), emanciperen (Dutch), émanciper (French), उबारना (ubārnā) (Hindi), उद्धार करना (uddhār karnā) (Hindi), ánauðarfrelsun [feminine] (Icelandic), fuascail (Irish), 解放する (kaihō suru) (alt: かいほうする) (Japanese), emancypować [imperfective] (Polish), wyemancypować [perfective] (Polish), emancipar (Portuguese), emancipa (Romanian), dezrobi (Romanian), elibera (Romanian), emancipar (Spanish), giải phóng (alt: 解放) (Vietnamese)
Disambiguation of 'To set free from the power of another': 48 48 4

Inflected forms

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      "word": "giải phóng"
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