'Enfranchise' definitions:
Definition of 'enfranchise'
From: WordNet
verb
Grant freedom to; as from slavery or servitude; "Slaves were enfranchised in the mid-19th century" [syn: affranchise, enfranchise]
verb
Grant voting rights [ant: disenfranchise, disfranchise]
Definition of 'Enfranchise'
From: 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]
Synonyms of 'enfranchise'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- affranchise,
- authorize,
- certificate,
- certify,
- charter,
- deliver,
- disenthrall,
- emancipate,
- empower,
- enable,
- entitle,
- extricate,
- franchise,
- free,
- give official sanction,
- give power,
- legalize,
- legitimize,
- liberate,
- license,
- manumit,
- patent,
- privilege,
- ratify,
- release,
- rescue,
- sanction,
- set at large,
- set at liberty,
- set free,
- validate,
- warrant