Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Franchised"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Franchise \Fran"chise\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Franchised}; p. pr.
& vb. n. {Franchising}.] [Cf. OF. franchir to free, F., to
cross.]
To make free; to enfranchise; to give liberty to. --Shak.
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