Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as
manumit .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb obsolete To manumit.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb archaic To
manumit . - John Dryden
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Examples
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But such _rare Parts_ as he had could be no more hid, than the Sun in a serene day, some Gentlemen pitying such rare Endowments should be buried under the rubbish of so mean a Calling, did by their bounty manumise him freely to follow his own ingenious inclinations.
The Lives of the Most Famous English Poets (1687) William Winstanley
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But such rare Parts as he had could be no more hid, than the Sun in a serene day, some Gentlemen pitying such rare Endowments should be buried under the rubbish of so mean a Calling, did by their bounty manumise him freely to follow his own ingenious inclinations.
The Lives of the Most Famous English Poets Winstanley, William, 1628?-1698 1687
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