manumit
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manumit
- /ˌmænjʊˈmɪt/ UK
- /ˌmænjəˈmɪt/ US
Rhymes with -ɪt
Where it comes from
From Middle English manumitten, from Latin manūmittere, from pre-Classical Latin manū ēmittere (literally “send out from one’s hand”).
verb manumits · manumitting · manumitted
- To release (someone) from slavery; to free. […]Lungs, I will manumit thee from the Fornace; / I will reſtore thee thy complexion, Puffe, / Lost in the embers; and repayre this brayne, / Hurt with the fume o'the Mettalls.
