Word of the Day:
enfranchise
What It Means
To grant the privilege of voting to a person or group of people.
To grant municipal or parliamentary rights to an entity such as a city or constituency.
Enfranchise in Context
“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...”
Did You Know?
From Old French enfranchir (“to set free, enfranchise”), from en- (“in”) + franchir (“to set free”), equivalent to en- + franchise.
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