— emancipative , adj. — emancipator , n.
/i man"seuh payt'/ , v.t., emancipated, emancipating .
1. to free from restraint, influence, or the like.
2. to free (a slave) from bondage.
3. Roman and Civil Law. to terminate paternal control over.
[ 1615-25; emancipatus (ptp. of emancipare ) freed from control, equiv. to e- E- + man ( us ) hand + -cip- (comb. form of capere to seize) + -atus -ATE 1 ]
Syn. 1, 2. See release .