单词 | emancipate |
释义 | emancipate —emancipative, adj. —emancipator, n. /i man"seuh payt'/, v.t., emancipated, emancipating. 1. to free from restraint, influence, or the like. 2. to free (a slave) from bondage. 3. Roman and Civil Law. to terminate paternal control over. [1615-25; < L emancipatus (ptp. of emancipare) freed from control, equiv. to e- E- + man(us) hand + -cip- (comb. form of capere to seize) + -atus -ATE1] Syn. 1, 2. See release. |
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