Meaning of ENFRANCHISE
| Pronunciation: | | en'franchIz
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- [v] grant voting rights
- [v] grant freedom to; as from slavery or servitude; "Slaves were enfranchised in the mid-19th century"
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| | Synonyms: | | affranchise |
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| | Antonyms: | | disenfranchise, disfranchise | | |
| | See Also: | | accord, allot, grant, liberate, set free | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \En*fran"chise\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Enfranchised};
p. pr. & vb. n. {Enfranchising}.] [Pref. en- + franchise: cf.
F. enfranchir.]
1. To set free; to liberate from slavery, prison, or any
binding power. --Bacon.
2. 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. To receive as denizens; to naturalize; as, to enfranchise
foreign words. --I. Watts.
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| | Related Terms: | | affranchise, authorize, certificate, certify, charter, deliver, disenthrall, emancipate, empower, enable, entitle, extricate, franchise, free, give official sanction, give power, legalize, legitimize, liberate, license, manumit, patent, privilege, ratify, release, rescue, sanction, set at large, set at liberty, set free, validate, warrant |
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