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disenfranchises

disenfranchises is the third-person singular simple present indicative of disenfranchise.

Meaning of disenfranchise

Verb

disenfranchise (third-person singular simple present disenfranchises, present participle disenfranchising, simple past and past participle disenfranchised)

  1. (transitive) To deprive someone of a franchise, generally of the right to vote.
    • Harris’s victory comes 55 years after the Voting Rights Act abolished laws that disenfranchised Black Americans, 36 years after the first woman ran on a presidential ticket and four years after Democrats were devastated by the defeat of Hillary Clinton2020 November 7, Chelsea Janes, “Kamala Harris, daughter of Jamaican and Indian immigrants, elected nation’s first female vice president”, in Washington Post
    Synonyms:
    disfranchise

Questions about disenfranchises

What is disenfranchises the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Disenfranchises is the third-person singular simple present indicative of disenfranchise.

Words near disenfranchises in the dictionary

  1. disenfranchised
  2. disenfranchisement
  3. disenfranchisements
  4. disenfranchiser
  5. disenfranchisers
  6. disenfranchises
  7. disenfranchising
  8. disengage
  9. disengaged
  10. disengagedness
  11. disengagement

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