Emancipate

Definitions: Emancipate

Emancipate

Verb

1. Give equal rights to; of women and minorities.

2. Free from slavery or servitude.

Date "emancipate" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1588. (references)

Synonyms: Emancipate

Synonyms: liberate (v), manumit (v). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Deliverance	Verb: deliver, extricate, rescue, save, emancipate, redeem, ransom; bring off,bring through; tirer d'affaire, get the wheel out of the rut, snatch from the jaws of death, come to the rescue; rid; retrieve; (restore); be rid of, get rid of.
Facility	Render easy; Adjective: facilitate, smooth, ease; popularize; lighten, lighten the labor; free, clear; disencumber, disembarrass, disentangle, disengage; deobstruct, unclog, extricate, unravel; untie the knot, cut the knot; disburden, unload, exonerate, emancipate, free from, deoppilate; humor; (aid); lubricate; relieve.
Liberation	Verb: liberate, free; set free, set clear, set at liberty; render free, emancipate, release; enfranchise, affranchise; manumit; enlarge; disband, discharge, disenthrall, disenthral, dismiss; let go, let loose, loose, let out, let slip; cast adrift, turn adrift; deliver; absolve; (acquit).
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Emancipate

English words defined with "emancipate": Forisfamiliate ♦ To set free. (references)

Etymologies containing "emancipate": Mancipate. (references)

Subject	Topic	Quote
Economic History	Australia	The mid-19th century saw the beginning of government policies to emancipate convicts and assist the immigration of free persons. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

"Emancipate" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 88.89% of the time. "Emancipate" is used about 18 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Lexical Verb (infinitive)	88.89%	16	87,710
Lexical Verb (base form)	11.11%	2	245,945
Total	100.00%	18	N/A

Expression using "emancipate": emancipate a slave. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Language		Translations for "emancipate"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		emancipoj, çliroj (affranchise, cast off, deliver, disembarrass, disengage, disentangle, disenthrall, evolve, extricate, heal, liberate, lighten, ransom, release, relieve, rescue, rid, set at large, set free, set loose, unbend, unfetter, unpeg). (various references)

Arabic		‏حرر (cast off, clear, decontrol, deliver, detach, enfranchise, extricate, free, grant freedom, liberate, manumit, open, phrase, redact, redeem, release, rescue, rid, set at large, set free, set loose, subedit, unchain, uncork, unleash, unlock, unstitch), ‏أعتق (enfranchise, exonerate, liberate, manumit, redeem, release). (various references)

Bulgarian		освобождавам (discharge, disencumber, disengage, dispense, enfranchise, exempt, extricate, free, give off, let loose, liberate, loose, make free, manumit, redeem, release, remit, rescue, set free, turn off, unbar, unbind, unburden, uncork, unfasten, unhand, unloose, unpen, unshackle, vacate), еманципирам. (various references)

Chinese		解 (to break up, to divide, to emancipate, to explain, to loosen, to separate, to untie, transport under guard). (various references)

Czech		osvobodit se (free oneself). (various references)

Farsi		ازقیدرهاکردن (Disengage), اززیرسلطه خارج کردن . (various references)

French		émanciper. (various references)

German		emanzipieren (to emancipate). (various references)

Greek		χειραφετώ (enfranchise). (various references)

Hungarian		egyenjogúsít, felszabadít (affranchise, deration, disengage, disenthral, enfranchise, liberalize, liberate, make free, manumit, to emancipate, to enfranchise, to exempt, to extricate, to franchise, to free, to liberate, to succour). (various references)

Indonesian		memerdekakan (enfranchise, liberate), membebaskan (absolve, acquit, acquitted, divest, enfranchise, free, set free). (various references)

Italian		emancipare (become emancipated, free, free oneself, manumit). (various references)

Manx		seyrey (absolution, absolve, acquit, acquittal, affranchise, affranchisement, clear, clear from guilt, deliver, discharge, disembarrass, disencumber; exploit; clearing, disengage, dismiss, dismissal, disoblige, dispensation; exploitation, ease, emancipation, enfranchise, exempt, exemption, exonerate, exoneration, free, justification, justify, liberate, liberation, purge, release, relieve, riddance, vindication, vindication act of). (various references)

Norwegian		frigjøre (disengage, extricate, free, liberate). (various references)

Pig Latin		emancipateay

Portuguese		emancipar (affranchise, disenthrone, enfranchise, free, manure), emanação (aura, fume, issue), libertar (affranchise, at ease, deliver, discharge, disembarrass, disengage, disenthral, enfranchisement, free, let go, liberate, loose, manumit, redeem, release, relieve, rid, unbind, unchain, unfetter, unshackle). (various references)

Romanian		emancipa, elibera (clear, clear out, deliver, discharge, disengage, enfranchise, exonerate, free, give, issue, liberate, make out, manumit, privilege, ransom, release, remand, remit, rescue, rid, unbind, unchain, unfetter, unhand, unshackle, vacate), dezrobi (affranchise, disenthral, free, libertate, release), dezlega (absolve, disentangle, free, loose, loosen, separate, sever, solve, unbind, uncord, undo, unfasten, unloose, unravel, untie). (various references)

Russian		эмансипировать (emancipating). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		emancipovati. (various references)

Spanish		emancipar (enfranchise). (various references)

Swedish		frigöra (disembarrass, free, liberate, make available, release), emanicipera. (various references)

Thai		ปล�"ปล่อย (free). (various references)

Turkish		soyutlamak (abstract, isolate), serbest bırakmak (affranchise, deblock, decontrol, deliver, discharge, disentangle, enfranchise, extricate, free, give a horse the reins, give smb. his head, let go, let go one's hold of, let loose, let off, liberate, loose, manumit, release, relinquish, set at large, set at liberty, set free, slip, unbind, unchain, unfreeze, unhitch, unloose, unrein, unshackle), azat etmek (enfranchise, manumit, set at liberty, set free), özgürlüğüne kavuşturmak (liberate, restore smb. to liberty, set free). (various references)

Ukranian		звільняти (absolve, acquit, affranchise, avoid, bag, cashier, clear, defecate, disband, disencumber, disengage, dismiss, ease, eject, enfranchise, exempt, exonerate, free, let out, loose, manumit, purify, release, remit, rescue, rid, set free, supersede, unfetter, unshackle, untie, vacate), емансипувати. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "emancipate": emancipated, emancipates. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Emancipate" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: emancapate, Emancia, emanciate, emancipaete, emancipatr, imancipate. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "emancipate" (pronounced uma"nsupā't)
5	-s u p ā' t	anticipate, dissipate, participate.
4	-u p ā' t	constipate, syncopate.
3	-p ā' t	extirpate.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-c-e-e-i-m-n-p-t"
	-2 letters: emaciate, patience.
	-3 letters: amentia, anaemic, animate, captain, catenae, cementa, centime, emanate, enemata, etamine, manatee, matinee, nematic, patinae, pemican, picante, taeniae, timpana.
	-4 letters: acetin, anemia, anemic, apiece, apneic, caiman, canape, capita, captan, catena, catnap, catnip, cement, centai, cetane, cinema, emetic, emetin, enatic, encamp, entice, etamin, iceman, icemen, impact, incept, inmate, maniac, mantic, meanie, menace, metepa, pantie, patina, patine, pecten, pectin, pinata, pineta, pitman, pitmen, taenia, taipan, tamein, tampan, tenace, teniae.
	-5 letters: aceta, actin, aecia, amain, ament, amice, amine, amnia, amnic, anima, anime, antae, antic, apace, apian, apnea, atman, campi, eaten, enact, enate, enema, entia, epact, etape, inapt, inept, manat, mania, manic, manta, matin, meant, menta, minae, mince, niece, paean, paint, panic, paten, patin, peace, pecan, pence, piece, pieta, pinta, tempi, tenia, tinea.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-c-e-e-i-m-n-p-t"
	+1 letter: emancipated, emancipates.
	+3 letters: acetaminophen, paleomagnetic.
	+4 letters: acetaminophens.
	+5 letters: cinematographer, comparativeness.
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