EMANCIPATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does emancipate mean? 

• EMANCIPATE (verb)
  The verb EMANCIPATE has 2 senses:

1. give equal rights to; of women and minorities

2. free from slavery or servitude

  Familiarity information: EMANCIPATE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EMANCIPATE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they emancipate    ... he / she / it emancipates   
Past simple: emancipated   
Past participle: emancipated   
-ing form: emancipating   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Give equal rights to; of women and minorities

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

emancipate; liberate

Hypernyms (to "emancipate" is one way to...):

change state; turn (undergo a transformation or a change of position or action)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

Derivation:

emancipation (freeing someone from the control of another; especially a parent's relinquishing authority and control over a minor child)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Free from slavery or servitude

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

emancipate; manumit

Hypernyms (to "emancipate" is one way to...):

liberate; set free (grant freedom to)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

emancipation (freeing someone from the control of another; especially a parent's relinquishing authority and control over a minor child)

emancipative (tending to set free)

emancipator (someone who frees others from bondage)