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MANUMIT (manumitted, manumitting)
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Irregular inflected forms: manumitted , manumitting
, manumitting Dictionary entry overview: What does manumit mean?
• MANUMIT (verb)
The verb MANUMIT has 1 sense:
1. free from slavery or servitude
Familiarity information: MANUMIT used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
| Conjugation: |
Present simple: I / you / we / they manumit ... he / she / it manumits
Past simple: manumitted
Past participle: manumitted
-ing form: manumitting
... he / she / it manumits Past simple: manumitted
Past participle: manumitted
-ing form: manumitting
Sense 1
Meaning:
Free from slavery or servitude
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
emancipate; manumit
Hypernyms (to "manumit" is one way to...):
liberate; set free (grant freedom to)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Derivation:
manumission (the formal act of freeing from slavery)
manumitter (someone who frees others from bondage)
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