\E*man"ci*pate\, 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.
          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.
          From how many troublesome and slavish impertinences
          . . . he had emancipated and freed himself.
                                               --Evelyn.
          To emancipate the human conscience.  --A. W. Ward.

\E*man"ci*pate\, a. [L. emancipatus, p. p.]
Set at liberty.