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enfranchize

enfranchize is the alternative form of enfranchise.

Meaning of enfranchise

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

Forms of enfranchize

third-person singular presentenfranchizes
present participleenfranchizing
past participleenfranchized
pastenfranchized

Questions about enfranchize

What is enfranchize the alternative form of?
Enfranchize is the alternative form of enfranchise.

Words near enfranchize in the dictionary

  1. enfranchisements
  2. enfranchiser
  3. enfranchisers
  4. enfranchises
  5. enfranchising
  6. enfranchize
  7. enfranchized
  8. enfranchizes
  9. enfranchizing
  10. enfrauden
  11. enfree

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