Hypertext Webster Gateway: "enfranchise"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
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.
3. To receive as denizens; to naturalize; as, to enfranchise
foreign words. --I. Watts.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
enfranchise
v 1: grant freedom to; as from slavery or servitude; "Slaves were
enfranchised in the mid-19th century" [syn: {affranchise}]
2: grant voting rights [ant: {disenfranchise}]
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