About The Word Enfranchise

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Enfranchise

Enfranchise Meaning & Definition
Enfranchise Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Enfranchise?

[v] grant voting rights
[v] grant freedom to; as from slavery or servitude; "Slaves were enfranchised in the mid-19th century"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Enfranchise: affranchise

Related Terms | Find terms related to Enfranchise: 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

See Also | accord | allot | grant | liberate | set free

Enfranchise In Webster's Dictionary

\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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