| | emancipate | (อิแมน'ซะเพท) vt. ปลดเปลื้อง, ปล่อยให้อิสระ, ปล่อยทาส, เลิกทาส, ยุติการควบคุม, See also: emancipation n. ดูemancipate emancipative adj. ดูemancipate emancipator n. ดูemancipate emancipatory adj. ดูemancipate emanipated adj. ดูemancipate |
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| | | | | emancipate | (v) give equal rights to; of women and minorities, Syn. liberate | | emancipation | (n) freeing someone from the control of another; especially a parent's relinquishing authority and control over a minor child | | emancipative | (adj) tending to set free | | emancipator | (n) someone who frees others from bondage, Syn. manumitter |
| | Emancipate | a. [ L. emancipatus, p. p. ] Set at liberty. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Emancipate | v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Emancipated p. pr. & vb. n. Emancipating. ] [ L. emancipatus, p. p. of emancipare to emancipate; e + mancipare to transfer ownership in, fr. manceps purchaser, as being one who laid his hand on the thing bought; manus hand + capere to take. See Manual, and Capable. ] To set free from the power of another; to liberate; as: (a) To set free, as a minor from a parent; as, a father may emancipate a child. (b) To set free from bondage; to give freedom to; to manumit; as, to emancipate a slave, or a country. [ 1913 Webster ] Brasidas . . . declaring that he was sent to emancipate Hellas. Jowett (Thucyd. ). (c) To free from any controlling influence, especially from anything which exerts undue or evil influence; as, to emancipate one from prejudices or error. [ 1913 Webster ] From how many troublesome and slavish impertinences . . . he had emancipated and freed himself. Evelyn. [ 1913 Webster ] To emancipate the human conscience. A. W. Ward. [ 1913 Webster ] | | emancipated | adj. 1. free from traditional social restraints; -- used especially of women; as, an emancipated young woman pursuing her career. [ wns=1 ]
Syn. -- liberated. [ WordNet 1.5 ] 2. freed from bondage. [ wns=2 ]
Syn. -- freed, liberated. [ WordNet 1.5 ] | | Emancipation | n. [ L. emancipatio: cf. F. émancipation. ] The act of setting free from the power of another, from slavery, subjection, dependence, or controlling influence; also, the state of being thus set free; the act or process of emancipation, or the state thereby achieved; liberation; as, the emancipation of slaves; the emancipation of minors; the emancipation of a person from prejudices; the emancipation of the mind from superstition; the emancipation of a nation from tyranny or subjection. Syn. -- Deliverance; liberation; release; freedom; manumission; enfranchisement. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Emancipationist | n. An advocate of emancipation, esp. the emancipation of slaves. [ 1913 Webster ] | | emancipative | adj. permitting or conducive to the reduction of restraints on behavior.
Syn. -- freeing, liberating. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ] Variants: emancipating | | Emancipator | n. [ L. ] One who emancipates. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Emancipatory | a. Pertaining to emancipation, or tending to effect emancipation. “Emancipatory laws.” G. Eliot. [ 1913 Webster ] |
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