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en·fran·chise    Audio Help   [en-fran-chahyz] Pronunciation Key
–verb (used with object), -chised, -chis·ing.
1.to grant a franchise to; admit to citizenship, esp. to the right of voting.
2.to endow (a city, constituency, etc.) with municipal or parliamentary rights.
3.to set free; liberate, as from slavery.
Also, franchise.

[Origin: 1505–15; < MF, OF enfranchiss- (long s. of enfranchir to free), equiv. to en- en-1 + franch- free (see frank1) + iss- -ish2]

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en·fran·chise·ment    Audio Help   [en-fran-chahyz-muhnt, -chiz-] Pronunciation Key, noun
en·fran·chis·er, noun
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en·fran·chise    Audio Help   (ěn-frān'chīz')  Pronunciation Key 
tr.v.   en·fran·chised, en·fran·chis·ing, en·fran·chis·es
  1. To bestow a franchise on.
  2. To endow with the rights of citizenship, especially the right to vote.
  3. To free, as from bondage.


[Middle English enfraunchisen, from Old French enfranchir, enfranchiss-, to set free : en-, intensive pref.; see en-1 + franchir (from franc, free; see frank1).]

en·fran'chise'ment n.
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enfranchised

adjective
endowed with the rights of citizenship especially the right to vote [ant: disenfranchised] 

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