Hypertext Webster Gateway: "affranchise"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Affranchise \Af*fran"chise\, v. t. [F. affranchir; ? (L. ad) +
franc free. See {Franchise} and {Frank}.]
To make free; to enfranchise. --Johnson.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
affranchise
v : grant freedom to; as from slavery or servitude; "Slaves were
enfranchised in the mid-19th century" [syn: {enfranchise}]
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