Manumit
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[编辑] GRE 红宝书
- v. 解放 ( 奴隶)
- ［英］ v. 解放 ( 奴隶) ( to free from slavery)
- ［类］ 反义词: enslave ( 使奴役)
- ［记］ manu ( 手) +mit ( 放) -> 把手放掉 -> 解放
- ［同］ 同根词: manual ( 手工的) ; manufacture ( 制造)
[编辑] Webster Collegiate
transitive verb (-mitted; -mitting)
- Etymology: Middle English ~ten, from Anglo-French manumettre, from Latin ~tere, from manus hand + mittere to let go, send
- Date: 15th century
- to release from slavery
- Synonyms: see free
