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† manumise, manumiss, v. Obs.
Forms: 6–7 manumiss(e, manumyse, mannumise, 6–9 manumise, 7–9 manumize.
[f. L. manūmiss-, ppl. stem of manūmittĕre to manumit. The form manumise arises from assimilation to commise, premise, promise.]
= manumit v.
1523Fitzherb. Surv. 26 b, It were a charytable dede..to manumise them that be bonde. 1581J. Bell Haddon's Answ. Osor. 147 Mans Freewill..beyng manumysed..by Gods grace. 1628Coke On Litt. i. 137 b, If a villeine be manumised. 1637Gillespie Eng. Pop. Cerem. Ep. B b, They manumisse and set free the Simony,..of some of their owne side. 1708Collier Eccl. Hist. I. ii. 113/2 If a Slave is forc'd to work upon the Sunday by his Master's Order, let him be manumiz'd. 1769Boston News-Let. 7 Sept. 2/2 A mulatto named Dick, formerly a slave to Mr. d'Harriette, but afterwards manumised,..has disappeared. 1812Southey Omniana I. 321 Neither is it uncommon for the men slaves to purchase and manumize their wives. 1819G. S. Faber Dispensations (1823) II. 111 The dead are no longer the object of God's..moral government, being manumised or set free from it as a slave was manumised or set free from the service of his master.
Hence † manumised ppl. a., † manumising vbl. n.
1541Paynel Catiline xxxii. 51 b, P. Umbrenus, a man manumised. 1579–80North Plutarch, Publicola (1595) 111 The perfect manumissing and freeing of bondmen, is called Vindicta. 1624[T. Scott] Lawfuln. Netherl. Warre 25 Exhort you them to proceed as they are best able..for the preservation and manumising of their owne lives and liberty. 1627Hakewill Apol. (1630) 420 The daughter of a manumissed slave. 1796Stedman Surinam I. i. 17 Two black soldiers, manumized slaves. |