Definition of enfranchise Enfranchise
/ɪnfɹæˈnʧajˌz/ - [infranchayz] - en•fran•chise
We found 11 definitions of enfranchise from 5 different sources.
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What does enfranchise mean?
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| enfranchise - grant voting rights | ||
| disenfranchise, disfranchise deprive of voting rights | ||
| accord, allot, grant allow to have; "grant a privilege" | ||
| enfranchise - grant freedom to; as from slavery or servitude; "Slaves were enfranchised in the mid-19th century" | ||
| affranchise | ||
| set free, liberate grant freedom to; "The students liberated their slaves upon graduating from the university" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- enfranchise (Verb)
To grant the franchise to an entity, specifically. - enfranchise (Verb)
To grant the privilege of voting to a person or group of people. - enfranchise (Verb)
To grant municipal or parliamentary rights to an entity such as a city or constituency. - enfranchise (Verb)
To grant freedom from slavery or servitude.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- enfranchise (v. t.)
To set free; to liberate from slavery, prison, or any binding power. - enfranchise (v. t.)
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. - enfranchise (v. t.)
To receive as denizens; to naturalize; as, to enfranchise foreign words.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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enfranchise
en-fran′chiz, v.t. to set free: to give a franchise or political privileges to.—n. Enfran′chisement, act of enfranchising: liberation: admission to civil or political privileges. [O. Fr. enfranchir—en, and franc, free. See Franchise.]
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🔤- enfranchise, verb, present, 1st person singular of enfranchise (infinitive).
- enfranchise, verb (infinitive).
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