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affranchise

/əˈfɹænˌt͡ʃaɪz/

affranchise verb: to free from obligation, servitude or service.

affranchise: a person is casting a vote into a box
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Verb

affranchise (third-person singular simple present affranchises, present participle affranchising, simple past and past participle affranchised)

  1. (transitive) To free from obligation, servitude or service.
    • Eventually, the intention was that they should affranchise all the slaves.

affranchise meaning in Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

affranchise in Tamil

கடமையிலிருந்து விடுவி, கட்டறு, அடிமைத்தளை நீக்கு

affranchise in Urdu

آزاد کرنا, خلاصی دینا, غُلامی سے رِہائی دینا, حَق دینا

affranchise in Bengali

বাধ্যবাধকতা, দাসত্ব, সেবা থেকে মুক্ত করা

Forms of affranchise

third-person singular presentaffranchises
present participleaffranchising
past participleaffranchised
pastaffranchised
alternative form (nonstandard)affranchize

Origin of affranchise

From late Middle English affranchysen, from Old French afranchiss-, long stem of afranchir (modern French affranchir), from a- + franchir (“to free”). By surface analysis, af- + franchise.

Questions about affranchise

What does affranchise mean?
Affranchise means to free from obligation, servitude or service.
What is affranchise in Tamil?
Affranchise in Tamil is கடமையிலிருந்து விடுவி, கட்டறு, அடிமைத்தளை நீக்கு. See Affranchise meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is affranchise?
Affranchise is a verb.
How do you pronounce affranchise?
Affranchise is pronounced /əˈfɹænˌt͡ʃaɪz/.
What is the past tense of affranchise?
The past tense of affranchise is affranchised.

Words near affranchise in the dictionary

  1. affowrding
  2. affowrds
  3. affraid
  4. affranchi
  5. affranchis
  6. affranchise
  7. affranchised
  8. affranchisement
  9. affranchises
  10. affranchising
  11. affranchize

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: affranchise (page history and authors); affranchise (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); affranchise (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); affranchise (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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