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Ancipital
Ancipital An*cip"i*tal, Ancipitous An*cip"i*tous, a. [L.
anceps, ancipitis, two-headed, double; an- for amb- on both
sides + caput head.] (Bot.)
Two-edged instead of round; -- said of certain flattened
stems, as those of blue grass, and rarely also of leaves.
Ancipitous
Ancipital An*cip"i*tal, Ancipitous An*cip"i*tous, a. [L.
anceps, ancipitis, two-headed, double; an- for amb- on both
sides + caput head.] (Bot.)
Two-edged instead of round; -- said of certain flattened
stems, as those of blue grass, and rarely also of leaves.
EmancipateEmancipate E*man"ci*pate, 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.
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. Emancipate
Emancipate E*man"ci*pate, a. [L. emancipatus, p. p.]
Set at liberty.
EmancipatedEmancipate E*man"ci*pate, 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.
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. EmancipatingEmancipate E*man"ci*pate, 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.
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. Emancipationist
Emancipationist E*man`ci*pa"tion*ist, n.
An advocate of emancipation, esp. the emancipation of slaves.
Emancipator
Emancipator E*man"ci*pa`tor, n. [L.]
One who emancipates.
Emancipatory
Emancipatory E*man"ci*pa*to*ry, a.
Pertaining to emancipation, or tending to effect
emancipation. ``Emancipatory laws.' --G. Eliot.
Emancipist
Emancipist E*man"ci*pist, n.
A freed convict. [Australia]
MancipateMancipate Man"ci*pate, v. t. [L. mancipatus, p. p. of
mancipare to sell. Cf. Emancipate.]
To enslave; to bind; to restrict. [Obs.] --Sir M. Hale. Mancipation
Mancipation Man`ci*pa"tion, n. [L. mancipatio a transfer.]
Slavery; involuntary servitude. [Obs.] --Johnson.
MancipleManciple Man"ci*ple, n. [From OF. mancipe slave, servant (with
l inserted, as in participle), fr. L. mancipium. See
Mancipate.]
A steward; a purveyor, particularly of a college or Inn of
Court. --Chaucer.
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