01 v. t. To set free; to liberate from slavery, prison, or any binding power.
imp. & p. p.
Enfranchised; p. pr. & vb. n.
Enfranchising
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1.
To set free; to liberate from slavery, prison, or any binding power.
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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.
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3.
To receive as denizens; to naturalize; as, to enfranchise foreign words.