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1. (v.t.) enfranchise
to admit to citizenship, esp. to the right of voting.
2. enfranchise
to endow (a city, constituency, etc.) with municipal or parliamentary rights.
3. enfranchise
to set free; liberate, as from slavery.
Etymology: (1505–15; < MF, OF enfranchiss- (long s. of enfranchir to free) =en-en -1+franch- free (see frank1) +iss- -ish2)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) affranchise, enfranchise
grant freedom to; as from slavery or servitude
"Slaves were enfranchised in the mid-19th century"
2. (verb) enfranchise
grant voting rights
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (verb) enfranchise
to set free; to liberate from slavery, prison, or any binding power
2. (verb) enfranchise
to endow with a franchise; to incorporate into a body politic and thus to invest with civil and political privileges; to admit to the privileges of a freeman
3. (verb) enfranchise
to receive as denizens; to naturalize; as, to enfranchise foreign words
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