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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Enfranchise \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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: enfranchise v 1: grant freedom to as from slavery or servitude; "Slaves were enfranchised in the mid-19th century" [syn: {affranchise}] 2: grant voting rights [syn: {enfranchize}] [ant: {disenfranchise}]
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