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man·u·mit

-m

) KEY

TRANSITIVE VERB:
man·u·mit·ted , man·u·mit·ting , man·u·mits

To free from slavery or bondage; emancipate.

ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English manumitten, from Old French manumitter, from Latin manmittere : man, ablative of manus, hand; see man- ² in Indo-European roots + mittere, to send from

OTHER FORMS:
manu·mission (-m

n) KEY (Noun), manu·mitter (Noun)

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