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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

MANCIPATE

v.t.[L. mancipo, from manceps, mancipium; manu capio, to take with the hand. ] To enslave; to bind; to restrict. [Little used. ]

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

MANCIPATE

Man "ci *pate, v. t. Etym: [L. mancipatus, p. p. of mancipare to sell. Cf. Emancipate. ]

 

Defn: To enslave; to bind; to restrict. [Obs. ] Sir M. Hale.