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/ɛnfrˈæntʃˌaɪzd/ Listen

verb

Enfranchise v. t. (past & past part. enfranchised; pres. part. enfranchising)

To set free; to liberate from slavery, prison, or any binding power.

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.

To receive as denizens; to naturalize; as, to enfranchise foreign words.

adjective

enfranchised adj. Endowed with the rights of citizenship especially the right to vote.. Antonym: disenfranchised.

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Etymology of 'Enfranchised'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Enfranchised" Quotes from Famous Books

... not full citizenship and hence the argument for general education did not apply to them. Had they been enfranchised after the Revolution, all educational opportunities would have been open to them at once as a matter of course; and an immense amount of struggle, futile effort, and unnecessary friction would have been ...

— Woman in Modern Society • Earl Barnes

... object in this lecture to present the condition of woman under the influences of Paganism, before Christianity enfranchised and elevated her. As a type of the Pagan woman I select Cleopatra, partly because she was famous, and partly because she possessed traits and accomplishments which made her interesting in spite of the ...

— Beacon Lights of History, Volume III • John Lord

... there were altars to every god, and worship in every form. Hers, however, was not among them, for the genius of her creed was the enfranchised soul of her mother, who had cast off the burden of this perishable body. Nothing had ever come from her that was not good and lovely; and she knew that if her mother were permitted, even in some other than human form, she would never cease to watch ...

— Uarda • Georg Ebers

... as yet to attempt to estimate the effect of the Reform Act of 1867. The people enfranchised under it do not yet know. their own power; a single election, so far from teaching us how they will use that power, has not been even enough to explain to them that they have such power. The Reform Act of 1832 did not for many ...

— The English Constitution • Walter Bagehot

... the young Liberals and Radicals of the day did not disagree. They liked this doctrine, and had preached it; but from this point they and their new Teacher parted company. The working-man was now enfranchised; and of the newly-enfranchised working-man, or at least of some of the most conspicuous representatives of his class, Arnold had a curious dread. "His apparition is somewhat embarrassing; because, while the Aristocratic and Middle Classes have long been doing as they like ...

— Matthew Arnold • G. W. E. Russell

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