[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

emancipate \eman"cipate\, 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.
       1913 webster

             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.
       1913 webster

             from how many troublesome and slavish impertinences
             . . . he had emancipated and freed himself.
                                                  --evelyn.
       1913 webster

             to emancipate the human conscience.  --a. w. ward.
       1913 webster
see also:
emancipated emancipating manual capable 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

emancipate \eman"cipate\, a. l. emancipatus, p. p.
   set at liberty.
   1913 webster

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

emancipate
     v 1: give equal rights to; of women and minorities syn: liberate
     2: free from slavery or servitude syn: manumit
see also:
liberate manumit 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

21 moby thesaurus words for "emancipate":
   affranchise, deliver, discharge, disenthrall, enfranchise, free,
   let go, let loose, liberate, loose, loosen, manumit, release,
   rescue, set at large, set at liberty, set free, unbind, unchain,
   unfetter, unshackle

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