"manumit" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /mænjʊˈmɪt/ Forms: manumits [present, singular, third-person], manumitting [participle, present], manumitted [participle, past], manumitted [past]
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin manūmittere, from pre-Classical Latin manū ēmittere (literally “send out from one’s hand”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*(s)meh₂-}}, {{lbor|en|la|manūmittere|}} Learned borrowing from Latin manūmittere, {{m|la|manū ēmittere|lit=send out from one’s hand}} manū ēmittere (literally “send out from one’s hand”) Head templates: {{en-verb|++}} manumit (third-person singular simple present manumits, present participle manumitting, simple past and past participle manumitted)
  1. To release from slavery, to free. Wikipedia link: manumission Categories (topical): Slavery Synonyms: emancipate, liberate Derived forms: manumitter Related terms: manumission, mission Translations (Translations): manumetre (Catalan), vapauttaa (Finnish), manumission (French), affranchissement (French), freisprechen (German), freilassen (German), felszabadít (Hungarian), emancipare (Italian), affrancare (Italian), liberare (Italian), освобожда́ть (osvoboždátʹ) (Russian), отпуска́ть (otpuskátʹ) (Russian), manumisión (Spanish), liberación (Spanish)

Inflected forms

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