About The Word Enfranchise
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Enfranchise
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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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