emancipate Copy link Outline 1. mănūmitto, mīsi, missum, 32. ēmancĭpo, 1 (to release a son from the patria potestas by formal sale)3. lībĕro, 1 (in widest sense • emancipate: 1. mănūmitto, mīsi, missum, 3: also as two words, manu mitto, ēmitto: v. to manumit. 2. ēmancĭpo, 1 (to release a son from the patria potestas by formal sale): Liv.: Gai. 3. lībĕro, 1 (in widest sense: with or without servitute): Britain e.d her slaves, and paid a compensation to their owners, *Britannia servos suos servitute liberavit, pretio eorum dominis compensato: v. to liberate, release.