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emancipate

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  1. free                  
 
eman.ci.pate \i-'man(t)-s*-.pa-t\ \-.pa-t-*r\ vt [L emancipatus, pp. of 
   emancipare, fr. e- + mancipare t]o transfer ownership of, fr. mancip-, 
   manceps purchaser, fr. manus hand + capere to take 1: to release from 
   paternal care and responsibility and make sui juris  2: to free from 
   restraint, control, or the power of another; esp :  to free from bondage - 
   eman.ci.pa.tor n