Part 3688

<h1>Emancipate</h1> <Xpage=482>

<hw>E*man"ci*pate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>emancipatus</ets>, p. p.]</ety> <def>Set at liberty.</def>

<h1>Emancipation</h1> <Xpage=482>

<hw>E*man`ci*pa"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>emancipatio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>\'82mancipation</ets>.]</ety> <def>The act of setting free from the power of another, from slavery, subjection, dependence, or controlling influence; also, the state of being thus set free; liberation; <as>as, the <ex>emancipation</ex> of slaves; the <ex>emancipation</ex> of minors; the <ex>emancipation</ex> of a person from prejudices; the <ex>emancipation</ex> of the mind from superstition; the <ex>emancipation</ex> of a nation from tyranny or subjection.</as></def>

<syn>Syn. -- Deliverance; liberation; release; freedom; manumission; enfranchisement.</syn>

<h1>Emancipationist</h1> <Xpage=482>

<hw>E*man`ci*pa"tion*ist</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>An advocate of emancipation, esp. the emancipation of slaves.</def>

<h1>Emancipator</h1> <Xpage=482>

<hw>E*man"ci*pa`tor</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L.]</ety> <def>One who emancipates.</def>

<h1>Emancipatory</h1> <Xpage=482>

<hw>E*man"ci*pa*to*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to emancipation, or tending to effect emancipation.</def> "<i>Emancipatory</i> laws."

<i>G. Eliot.</i>

<h1>Emancipist</h1> <Xpage=482>

<hw>E*man"ci*pist</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A freed convict.</def> <mark>[Australia]</mark>

<h1>Emarginate</h1> <Xpage=482>

<hw>E*mar"gi*nate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>emarginare</ets>; <ets>e</ets> out + <ets>marginare</ets> to furnish with a margin, fr. <ets>margo</ets> margin.]</ety> <def>To take away the margin of.</def>

<h1>Emarginate, Emarginated</h1> <Xpage=482>

<hw><hw>E*mar"gi*nate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>E*mar"gi*na`ted</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Having the margin interrupted by a notch or shallow sinus.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Notched at the summit.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Cryst.)</fld> <def>Having the edges truncated.</def>

<h1>Emarginately</h1> <Xpage=482>

<hw>E*mar"gi*nate*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In an emarginate manner.</def>

<h1>Emargination</h1> <Xpage=482>

<hw>E*mar`gi*na"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The act of notching or indenting the margin, or the state of being so notched; also, a notch or shallow sinus in a margin.</def>

<h1>Emasculate</h1> <Xpage=482>

<hw>E*mas"cu*late</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Emasculated</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Emasculating</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>emasculare</ets>; <ets>e</ets> + <ets>masculus</ets> male, masculine. See <er>Male</er> masculine.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To deprive of virile or procreative power; to castrate power; to castrate; to geld.</def>