† 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.
| 1523 Fitzherb. Surv. 26 b, It were a charytable dede..to manumise them that be bonde. 1581 J. Bell Haddon's Answ. Osor. 147 Mans Freewill..beyng manumysed..by Gods grace. 1628 Coke On Litt. i. 137 b, If a villeine be manumised. 1637 Gillespie Eng. Pop. Cerem. Ep. B b, They manumisse and set free the Simony,..of some of their owne side. 1708 Collier 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. 1769 Boston News-Let. 7 Sept. 2/2 A mulatto named Dick, formerly a slave to Mr. d'Harriette, but afterwards manumised,..has disappeared. 1812 Southey Omniana I. 321 Neither is it uncommon for the men slaves to purchase and manumize their wives. 1819 G. 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.
| 1541 Paynel Catiline xxxii. 51 b, P. Umbrenus, a man manumised. 1579–80 North 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. 1627 Hakewill Apol. (1630) 420 The daughter of a manumissed slave. 1796 Stedman Surinam I. i. 17 Two black soldiers, manumized slaves. |