emancipate

1. v. t. 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. Source: opted

2. v. t. To free from any controlling influence, especially from anything which exerts undue or evil influence; as, to emancipate one from prejudices or error. Source: opted

3. a. Set at liberty. Source: opted

4. v. give equal rights to; of women and minorities Source: wordnet

5. v. free from slavery or servitude Source: wordnet

6. 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. 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. From how many troublesome and slavish impertinences . . . he had emancipated and freed himself. Evelyn. To emancipate the human conscience. A. W. Ward. Set at liberty. Source: webster

7. To set free from the power of another; to liberate; as: (a) Toset free, as a minor from a parent; as, a father may emancipate achild. (b) To set free from bondage; to give freedom to; to manumit;as, to emancipate a slave, or a country.Brasidas . . . declaring that he was sent to emancipate Hellas.Jowett (Thucyd. ). Source: adambom

8. v:100 v. give equal rights to; of women and minorities Source: ecdict

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