affranchisement
The act of freeing; enfranchisement.
Source: Wiktionary
Af*fran"chise*ment, n. Etym: [Cf. F. affranchissement.]
Definition: The act of making free; enfranchisement. [R.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
28 March 2023
(verb) close or secure with or as if with a stopper; “She stoppered the wine bottle”; “The mothers stoppered their babies’ mouths with pacifiers”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
