Enfranchise

Definition of Enfranchise

En`fran´chise

v. t.	1.	To set free; to liberate from slavery, prison, or any binding power. [imp. & p. p. Enfranchised ; p. pr. & vb. n. Enfranchising .]
	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; to give the right to vote.
	3.	To receive as denizens; to naturalize; as, to enfranchise foreign words.

Related Words

affranchise, authorize, certificate, certify, charter, deliver, disenthrall, emancipate, empower, enable, entitle, extricate, franchise, free, give official sanction, give power, legalize, legitimize, liberate, license, manumit, patent, privilege, ratify, release, rescue, sanction, set at large, set at liberty, set free, validate, warrant

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