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disfranchising

disfranchising is the present participle and gerund of disfranchise.

Meaning of disfranchise

Verb

disfranchise (third-person singular simple present disfranchises, present participle disfranchising, simple past and past participle disfranchised)

  1. (transitive) To deprive someone of some privilege, especially the right to vote; to disenfranchise.
    • Jewish culture, the product of a small, oppressed, and disfranchised dwindling and scattered minority.1929, Abraham Zevi Idelsohn, Jewish Music: Its Historical Development, page 175

Questions about disfranchising

What is disfranchising the present participle and gerund of?
Disfranchising is the present participle and gerund of disfranchise.

Words near disfranchising in the dictionary

  1. disfranchisement
  2. disfranchisements
  3. disfranchiser
  4. disfranchisers
  5. disfranchises
  6. disfranchising
  7. disfrock
  8. disfrocked
  9. disfrocking
  10. disfrocks
  11. disfunction

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