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manumitting

manumitting is the present participle and gerund of manumit.

Meaning of manumit

Verb

manumit (third-person singular simple present manumits, present participle manumitting, simple past and past participle manumitted)

  1. (transitive) To release (someone) from slavery; to free.
    • […]Lungs, I will manumit thee from the Fornace; / I will reſtore thee thy complexion, Puffe, / Lost in the embers; and repayre this brayne, / Hurt with the fume o'the Mettalls.1610 (first performance), Ben[jamin] Jonson, The Alchemist, London: […] Thomas Snodham, for Walter Burre, and are to be sold by Iohn Stepneth, […], published 1612, →OCLC, Act II, scene ii

Questions about manumitting

What is manumitting the present participle and gerund of?
Manumitting is the present participle and gerund of manumit.

Words near manumitting in the dictionary

  1. manumit
  2. manumits
  3. manumitted
  4. manumitter
  5. manumitters
  6. manumitting
  7. manumittor
  8. manumittors
  9. manumotive
  10. manumotor
  11. manumotors

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