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The portion of a line formerly occupied by the letter m, then a square type, used as a unit by which to measure the amount of printed matter on a page; the square of the body of a type.

A prefix. See En-.

To make lean or to become lean; to emaciate. [Obs.] Bullokar.

Emaciation. [Obs.]

To lose flesh gradually and become very lean; to waste away in flesh. "He emaciated and pined away." Sir T. Browne.

The state of being emaciated or reduced to excessive leanness; an excessively lean condition.

To clear from spots or stains, or from any imperfection. [Obs.] Hales.

The act of clearing from spots. [Obs.] Johnson.

An art or process of flooding transparent colored glaze over designs stamped or molded on earthenware or porcelain. Ure.

Issuing or flowing forth; emanating; passing forth into an act, or making itself apparent by an effect; -- said of mental acts; as, an emanant volition.

To issue forth from a source; to flow out from more or less constantly; as, fragrance emanates from flowers.

owing or proceeding from a fountain head or origin. South. Those profitable and excellent emanations from God. Jer. Taylor.

Issuing forth; effluent.

By an emanation.

Emanative; of the nature of an emanation. Dr. H. More.

of another; to liberate; as: (a) To set free, as a minor from a parent; as, a father may emancipate a child. (b) To set free from bondage; to give freedom to; to manumit; as, to emancipate a slave, or a country. Brasidas . . . declaring that he was sent to emancipate Hellas. Jowett (Thucyd. ).

ce, or controlling influence; also, the state of being thus set free; liberation; as, the emancipation of slaves; the emancipation of minors; the emancipation of a person from prejudices; the emancipation of the mind from superstition; the emancipation of a nation from tyranny or subjection.

An advocate of emancipation, esp. the emancipation of slaves.

One who emancipates.

Pertaining to emancipation, or tending to effect emancipation. "Emancipatory laws." G. Eliot.