different between emancipate vs eliminate

English

Etymology

From Latin ?mancip?tus, past participle of ?mancip? (“to declare (a son) free and independent of the father's power by the thrice-repeated act of mancip?ti? and manumissi?, give from one's own power or authority into that of another, give up, surrender”), from ? (“out”) + mancip? (“to transfer ownership in”), from manceps (“purchaser, a contractor, literally, one who takes in hand”), from manus (“hand”) + capi? (“to take”). See manual, and capable.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??mæns?pe?t/

Verb

emancipate (third-person singular simple present emancipates, present participle emancipating, simple past and past participle emancipated)

1. To set free from the power of another; to liberate; as:
   1. To set free, as a minor from a parent

   2. To set free from bondage; to give freedom to; to manumit

2. To free from any controlling influence, especially from anything which exerts undue or evil influence
   • 1699, John Evelyn, Acetaria: A Discourse of Sallets

     From how many troublesome and slavish impertinences […] he had emancipated and freed himself.

   • 1879, Adolphus Ward, Chaucer, in English Men of Letters

     to emancipate the human conscience

   • 1980, Bob Marley, Redemption Song

     Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery, none but ourselves can free our minds.

Synonyms

• liberate
• manumit

Derived terms

• emancipatory
• emancipatrix

Related terms

• emancipation
• emancipator
• emancipist

Translations

Adjective

emancipate (comparative more emancipate, superlative most emancipate)

1. Freed; set at liberty.

Further reading

• emancipate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• emancipate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Italian

Adjective

emancipate

1. feminine plural of emancipato

Verb

emancipate

1. second-person plural present indicative of emancipare
2. second-person plural imperative of emancipare
3. feminine plural of emancipato

Latin

Verb

?mancip?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of ?mancip?

English

Etymology

From Latin eliminatus, past participle of eliminare (“to turn out of doors, banish”), from e (“out”) + limen (“a threshold”), akin to limes (“a boundary”); see limit.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??l?m?ne?t/

Verb

eliminate (third-person singular simple present eliminates, present participle eliminating, simple past and past participle eliminated)

1. (transitive) To completely remove, get rid of, put an end to.
2. (transitive, slang) To kill (a person or animal).

   a ruthless mobster who eliminated his enemies

3. (transitive, intransitive, physiology) To excrete (waste products).
4. (transitive) To exclude (from investigation or from further competition).

   Bill was eliminated as a suspect when the police interviewed witnesses.

   John was eliminated as a contestant when it was found he had gained, rather than lost, weight.

5. (accounting) To record amounts in a consolidation statement to remove the effects of inter-company transactions.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:destroy, abrogate, abolish
• (excrete): See Thesaurus:urinate and Thesaurus:defecate

Related terms

• eliminable
• eliminant
• elimination
• eliminative
• eliminator
• eliminatory

Hyponyms

• give the chop to
• give the boot to
• give the sack to
• give the walking papers to

Translations

Further reading

• eliminate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• eliminate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

References

Anagrams

• itameline

Italian

Verb

eliminate

1. second-person plural present indicative of eliminare
2. second-person plural imperative of eliminare
3. feminine plural of eliminato

Latin

Verb

?l?min?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of ?l?min?