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mancipate

/ˈmænsɪpeɪt/

mancipate verb: to enslave.

Verb

mancipate (third-person singular simple present mancipates, present participle mancipating, simple past and past participle mancipated)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To enslave.
    • Lastly, that he was resolved to eat coals before he would mancipate himself to the French nation, or sell himself for any rewards, which he rejected with more magnificence than they were offered; […]1754, Thomas Birch, Memoirs of the Reign of Queen Elizabeth
  2. (historical, transitive) To transfer (property) by mancipation (simulated purchase).

Forms of mancipate

third-person singular presentmancipates
present participlemancipating
past participlemancipated
pastmancipated

Words formed from mancipate

Questions about mancipate

What does mancipate mean?
Mancipate means to enslave.
What part of speech is mancipate?
Mancipate is a verb.
How do you pronounce mancipate?
Mancipate is pronounced /ˈmænsɪpeɪt/.
What is the past tense of mancipate?
The past tense of mancipate is mancipated.

Words near mancipate in the dictionary

  1. mancinism
  2. Mancino
  3. Mancinos
  4. mancipable
  5. mancipant
  6. mancipate
  7. mancipated
  8. mancipates
  9. mancipating
  10. mancipatio
  11. mancipation

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