mancipate

English

Pronunciation

Verb

mancipate (third-person singular simple present mancipates, present participle mancipating, simple past and past participle mancipated)

  1. (obsolete) To enslave
    • 1754, Thomas Birch, Memoirs of the Reign of Queen Elizabeth‎[1]:
      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; […]

Derived terms

Latin

Verb

mancipāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of mancipō
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