Past tense of emancipate
regular verb
The past tense of emancipate is emancipated. The past participle is also emancipated.
Forms of emancipate
| Base form (V1) | emancipate /ɪˈmæn(t)sɪpeɪt/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | emancipated |
| Past participle (V3) | emancipated |
| Present participle | emancipating |
| Third person singular | emancipates |
Emancipated in a sentence
- The child was emancipated from her parents
- When I was fourteen, I was emancipated by the courts.2015, Drew Barrymore, “My Beautiful Laundrette”, in Wildflower, New York, N.Y.: Dutton, →ISBN, page 31
- We're left to our own devices, you and I, emancipated and gateless.2013, Steve Erickson, Tours of the Black Clock: A Novel, →ISBN. From the entry gateless
- Different from both, Dusyanta seems to espouse what may be termed as emancipated evocationism.1991, Girdhari Lal Chaturvedi, Re-visiting Śākuntalam, page 113. From the entry evocationism
- But the grand passion of emancipated youth is not Woman - it is Beer.1913, Norman Lindsay, A Curate in Bohemia, Sydney: N.S.W. Bookstall Co., published 1932, page 19. From the entry grand passion
Meaning of emancipate
- verb To set free (a person or group) from the oppression or restraint of another; to liberate.
- verb To cause (a place) to be free from the colonization or rule of another entity.
- verb Often followed by from: chiefly with reference to slavery in the United States, and in Central and South America: to set free (oneself or someone) from imprisonment, or from serfdom or slavery.
Questions about the past tense of emancipate
- What is the past tense of emancipate?
- The past tense of emancipate is emancipated.
- What is the past participle of emancipate?
- The past participle of emancipate is emancipated.
- Is emancipate a regular or irregular verb?
- Emancipate is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
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