4 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Enfranchise \En*fran"chise\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Enfranchised}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Enfranchising}.] [Pref. en- + franchise: cf. F. enfranchir.] 1. To set free; to liberate from slavery, prison, or any binding power. --Bacon. [1913 Webster] 2. To endow with a franchise; to incorporate into a body politic and thus to invest with civil and political privileges; to admit to the privileges of a freeman; to give the right to vote. [1913 Webster] 3. To receive as denizens; to naturalize; as, to enfranchise foreign words. --I. Watts. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: enfranchised \enfranchised\ adj. endowed with the rights of citizenship especially the right to vote. {disenfranchised} [WordNet 1.5] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: enfranchised adj : endowed with the rights of citizenship especially the right to vote [ant: {disenfranchised}] From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]: 21 Moby Thesaurus words for "enfranchised": acceptable, admissible, authorized, chartered, desirable, eligible, empowered, entitled, fit, fitted, franchised, licensed, patented, privileged, qualified, sanctioned, suitable, warranted, with voice, with vote, worthy
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