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Webster 1913 Edition

Verb.

[

imp. & p. p.

Manumitted

;

p. pr. & vb. n.

Manumitting

[L.

manumittere

manumissum

;

manus

the hand +

mittere

to send, to send off. See

, and

To release from slavery; to liberate from personal bondage or servitude; to free, as a slave.

“Manumitted slaves.”

Hume.

Verb.

[L.manumitto; manus,hand, and mitto, to send.]

To release from slavery; to liberate from personal bondage or servitude; to free, as a slave.