emancipate
pronunciation
How to pronounce emancipate in British English:
UK [ɪˈmænsɪpeɪt]
How to pronounce emancipate in American English:
US [ɪˈmænsɪpeɪt]
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- Verb:
- give equal rights to; of women and minorities
- free from slavery or servitude
Word Origin
- emancipate
- emancipate: [17] Despite modern associations with women’s liberation, emancipate has no etymological connection with man. It comes from Latin ēmancipāre, which meant originally ‘free from parental power’. This was a compound verb formed from the prefix ex- ‘out of’ and mancipium ‘ownership’, and referred in Roman law to the freeing of a son from the legal authority of the male head of the family, thus making him responsible for himself in law. Mancipium (source of the archaic English noun manciple ‘steward, purveyor’ [13]) was ultimately a compound noun formed from manus ‘hand’ (as in English manual) and capere ‘take’ (as in English captive and capture).The association of the verb with the ‘freeing of slaves’, the basis of the present English meanings, is a modern development.=> captive, capture, manciple, manual
- emancipate (v.)
- 1620s, "set free from control," from Latin emancipatus, past participle of emancipare "put (a son) out of paternal authority, declare (someone) free, give up one's authority over," in Roman law, the freeing of a son or wife from the legal authority (patria potestas) of the pater familias, to make his or her own way in the world; from assimilated form of ex- "out, away" (see ex-) + mancipare "deliver, transfer or sell," from mancipum "ownership," from manus "hand" (see manual (adj.)) + capere "take" (see capable). Related: Emancipated; emancipating. Not used by the Romans in reference to the freeing of slaves, the verb for this being manumittere. The English word was adopted in the jargon of the cause of religious toleration (17c.), then anti-slavery (1776). Also used in reference to women who free themselves from conventional customs (1850).
Example
- 1. The maoists want to push through land reform , emancipate the lower castes and seek foreign investment .
- 2. However various attempts at alternatives ( now disowned by the marxists as stalinism and maoism ) have also failed to emancipate the suffering plebian class .
- 3. Only by adhering to reform and opening up can we galvanize the initiative and creativity of the chinese people , emancipate and develop the productive forces and preserve the vigor and vitality of socialism forever .
- 4. In 1884 roger casement , an ascetic young ulsterman , joined an expedition up the congo river led by henry morton stanley , believing that commerce , christianity and colonialism would emancipate the dark continent .
- 5. One talked about sex , art and penal systems , the other about monetary targets . But both sought to " emancipate " the individual from the control of state power or other authorities-one through thought and the other through economic power .