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ENFRANCHISE
enfranchise
(verb) grant voting rights
affranchise, enfranchise
(verb) grant freedom to; as from slavery or servitude; “Slaves were enfranchised in the mid-19th century”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
enfranchise (third-person singular simple present enfranchises, present participle enfranchising, simple past and past participle enfranchised)
To grant the franchise to an entity, specifically
To grant the privilege of voting to a person or group of people.
To grant municipal or parliamentary rights to an entity such as a city or constituency.
To grant freedom from slavery or servitude.
Source: Wiktionary
En*fran"chise, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enfranchised; p. pr. & vb. n. Enfranchising.] Etym: [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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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