ENFRANCHISES

Verb

enfranchises

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of enfranchise

Source: Wiktionary


ENFRANCHISE

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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