different between ratite vs manumission

English

Etymology

From Latin ratis (“raft”) +? -ite.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??æta?t/

Adjective

ratite (not comparable)

1. Pertaining to the order Struthioniformes (as opposed to carinate). [from 19th c.]

   Synonym: ratitate

   • 2000, Errol Fuller, Extinct Birds, Oxford 2000, p. 37:

     Against what was probably the general expectation, it became undeniable that New Zealand was indeed the home of huge ratite birds.

Noun

ratite (plural ratites)

1. A bird of the order of Struthioniformes, a diverse group of large running, flightless birds, mostly extinct, but including the cassowary, elephant bird, emu, kiwi, moa, ostrich, rhea and tinamou

Translations

Anagrams

• aettir, attire

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a.tit/

Noun

ratite m (plural ratites)

1. ratite

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ra?tite/, [ra?t?i.t?e]

Noun

ratite f (plural ratites)

1. ratite

English

Etymology

From the past participle stem of Latin man?mitt? (English manumit).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mænj??m???n/

Noun

manumission (countable and uncountable, plural manumissions)

1. Release from slavery or other legally sanctioned servitude; the giving of freedom; the act of manumitting.
   • 1823, James Fenimore Cooper, The Pioneers, ch. 4:

     The manumission of the slaves in New York has been gradual.

   • 1881, Grant Allen, Anglo-Saxon Britain, ch. 19:

     In the west, and especially in Cornwall, the names of the serfs were mainly Celtic,—Griffith, Modred, Riol, and so forth,—as may be seen from the list of manumissions preserved in a mass-book at St. Petroc's, or Padstow.

   • 1985, Anthony Burgess, Kingdom of the Wicked:

     The more innocent dreamed of a manumission kindly bestowed by the new Emperor as one of a number of acts of justice and clemency proper to a new reign.

   • 2012 Nov. 30, Paul Finkelman, "The Real Thomas Jefferson: The Monster of Monticello," New York Times (retrieved 3 Aug 2015):

     Rather than encouraging his countrymen to liberate their slaves, he opposed both private manumission and public emancipation.

Synonyms

• emancipation, liberation

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