mancipate
verb/ˈmænsɪpeɪt/
1
Obsolete 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 To transfer (property) by mancipation (simulated purchase).
- Derived terms
- remancipate
- Related terms
- emancipate, mancipable, mancipation, mancipee