enfranchise : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: enfranchise	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
enfranchise v grant freedom to; as from slavery or servitude; "Slaves were enfranchised in the mid-19th century" Synonym(s): affranchise, enfranchise grant voting rights Antonym(s): disenfranchise, disfranchise
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Enfranchise \Enfran"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.