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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
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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.
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3. To receive as denizens; to naturalize; as, to enfranchise
foreign words. --I. Watts.
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