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Past tense of disenfranchise

regular verb

The past tense of disenfranchise is disenfranchised. The past participle is also disenfranchised.

Forms of disenfranchise

Base form (V1)disenfranchise /ˌdɪs.ɪnˈfɹæn.t͡ʃaɪz/
Past tense (V2)disenfranchised
Past participle (V3)disenfranchised
Present participledisenfranchising
Third person singulardisenfranchises

Disenfranchised in a sentence

  • 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”...
  • The name is taken from the word “raggamuffin”, a term used for disenfranchised youth.2016, Linda Dailey Paulson, “Ragga”, in Dave DiMartino, editor, Music in the 20th Century, volume 1, Routledge, →ISBN, page 514. From the entry ragga
  • Impoverished, disenfranchised, the mangas lived by petty crime and occasional labor.2016, Jane K Cowan, Dance and the Body Politic in Northern Greece, page 174. From the entry mangas
  • “Older white-collar workers quickly become disenfranchised,” says Mark Zandi, chief economist of Economy.com.2005 May 16, John Helyar, “50 and Fired”, in Fortune, New York, N.Y., →ISSN; republished in John E. Richardson, editor, Business Ethics…. From the entry pentagenarian
  • Rome began to settle displaced or disenfranchised citizens, veterans, and allies in colonies beyond Italy.2001, Eric Nelson, The Complete Idiot’s Guide to the Roman Empire, →ISBN. From the entry settle

Meaning of disenfranchise

  1. verb To deprive someone of a franchise, generally of the right to vote.

Full definition of disenfranchise

Questions about the past tense of disenfranchise

What is the past tense of disenfranchise?
The past tense of disenfranchise is disenfranchised.
What is the past participle of disenfranchise?
The past participle of disenfranchise is disenfranchised.
Is disenfranchise a regular or irregular verb?
Disenfranchise is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.

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