manumit

  • 11manumit — man·u·mit || ‚mænjÉ™ mɪt /‚mænjÊŠ mɪt v. free from slavery, emancipate, set free from bondage …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 12manumit — [ˌmanjʊ mɪt] verb (manumits, manumitting, manumitted) historical release from slavery; set free. Derivatives manumission noun manumitter noun Origin ME: from L. manumittere, lit. send forth from the hand …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 13manumit — v. a. Free, liberate, release, emancipate, enfranchise, set free …

    New dictionary of synonyms

  • 14manumit — v emancipate, liberate, free, set free, set at liberty, give [s.o.] his liberty, affranchise, enfranchise, franchise; release, release from bondage, let loose, turn loose, set loose, loose, loosen, let go, discharge, dismiss; disimprison, unmew,… …

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  • 15manumit — man·u·mit …

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  • 16manumit — man•u•mit [[t]ˌmæn yəˈmɪt[/t]] v. t. mit•ted, mit•ting to release from slavery or servitude • Etymology: 1400–50; late ME < L manūmittere=manū, abl. of manus the authority of a father, master, etc., lit., hand +mittere to release, let go man… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 17manumit — /mænjəˈmɪt/ (say manyuh mit) verb (t) (manumitted, manumitting) to release from slavery or servitude. {Latin manūmittere} –manumitter, noun …

  • 18manumit —   v.t. liberate (slave).    ♦ manumission, n.    ♦ manumissive, a …

    Dictionary of difficult words

  • 19manumit — v.tr. (manumitted, manumitting) hist. set (a slave) free. Derivatives: manumission n. Etymology: ME f. L manumittere manumiss f. manus hand + emittere send forth …

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  • 20Manumitted — Manumit Man u*mit , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Manumitted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Manumitting}.] [L. manumittere, manumissum; manus the hand + mittere to send, to send off. See {Manual}, and {Missile}.] To release from slavery; to liberate from personal… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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