Defn: Pertaining to emancipation, or tending to effect emancipation.
"Emancipatory laws." G. Eliot.
EMANCIPIST
E*man"ci*pist, n.
Defn: A freed convict. [Australia]
EMARGINATE E*mar"gi*nate, v. t. Etym: [L. emarginare; e out + marginare to furnish with a margin, fr. margo margin.]
Defn: To take away the margin of.
EMARGINATE; EMARGINATED
E*mar"gi*nate, E*mar"gi*na`ted, a.
1. Having the margin interrupted by a notch or shallow sinus.
2. (Bot.)
Defn: Notched at the summit.
3. (Cryst.)