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enfranchise

/ɛnˈfɹænt͡ʃaɪz/

enfranchise verb: to grant the privilege of voting to a person or group of people.

enfranchise: A person dropping a brown envelope into a ballot box slot
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Verb

enfranchise (third-person singular simple present enfranchises, present participle enfranchising, simple past and past participle enfranchised)

  1. (transitive) To grant the privilege of voting to a person or group of people.
  2. (transitive) To grant municipal or parliamentary rights to an entity such as a city or constituency.
  3. (transitive) To grant freedom from slavery, duty or servitude.
    • Parental control had been so decisive in Louisa's case that marriage bonds had not hitherto enfranchised her from the former; she, therefore, at the proper time of light, appeared on the arm of Signor Riccardini, and laid her purse on the lap of her mother (who she knew had at least three hundred...1842, [anonymous collaborator of Letitia Elizabeth Landon], chapter XLVI, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 288
  4. (England, Wales, historical) to convert a copyhold estate into a freehold estate

enfranchise meaning in Urdu, Malayalam and Kannada

enfranchise in Urdu

آزادی دینا

enfranchise in Malayalam

വോട്ടവകാശം നൽകുക, സ്വതന്ത്രമാക്കുക, വിമുക്തമാക്കുക

enfranchise in Kannada

ಬಿಡುಗಡೆ ಮಾಡು, ಹಕ್ಕು ಕೊಡು, ಮತದಾನದ ಹಕ್ಕನ್ನು ಕೊಡು, ಪೌರ ಹಕ್ಕನ್ನು ನೀಡು

Forms of enfranchise

third-person singular presentenfranchises
present participleenfranchising
past participleenfranchised
pastenfranchised

Origin of enfranchise

From Old French enfranchir (“to set free, enfranchise”), from en- (“in”) + franchir (“to set free”), equivalent to en- + franchise.

Words formed from enfranchise

Questions about enfranchise

What does enfranchise mean?
Enfranchise means to grant the privilege of voting to a person or group of people.
What is enfranchise in Urdu?
Enfranchise in Urdu is آزادی دینا. See Enfranchise meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is enfranchise?
Enfranchise is a verb.
How do you pronounce enfranchise?
Enfranchise is pronounced /ɛnˈfɹænt͡ʃaɪz/.
What is the past tense of enfranchise?
The past tense of enfranchise is enfranchised.

Words near enfranchise in the dictionary

  1. enframement
  2. enframements
  3. enframes
  4. enframing
  5. enfranchisable
  6. enfranchise
  7. enfranchised
  8. enfranchisement
  9. enfranchisements
  10. enfranchiser
  11. enfranchisers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: enfranchise (page history and authors); enfranchise (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); enfranchise (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); enfranchise (Kannada 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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