enfranchise
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enfranchise
- /ɛnˈfɹænt͡ʃaɪz/
Where it comes from
From Late Middle English enfraunchisen, enfrauncheisen (“to grant (someone) citizenship; to grant (someone) membership of a guild, etc.; to grant (a town) privileges”), from enfranchiss-, a stem of Anglo-Norman enfrauncher and its etymon Old French enfranchir (“to set free, enfranchise”), from en- (prefix meaning ‘in, into’) + franchir (“to set free”) (from franc (“free”, adjective) + -ir (suffix forming infinitives of second-conjugation verbs)). Franc is derived from Medieval Latin francus (“free”, adjective), from Francus (“(adjective) of or relating to the Franks, Frankish; (noun) Frankish person, Frank”) (as full freedom was only possessed by people of the dominant Frankish group in Gaul), from Frankish *Frankō (“Frankish person, Frank”), probably from Proto-Germanic *frankô (“javelin”) (probably the weapon commonly used by the Franks), further etymology unknown. By surface analysis, en- + franchise.
verb enfranchises · enfranchising · enfranchised
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To grant the privilege of voting to a person or group of people.
Similar: effranchise
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To grant municipal or parliamentary rights to an entity such as a city or constituency.
Similar: effranchise
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To grant freedom from slavery, duty or servitude.
Parental control had been so decisive in Louisa's case that marriage bonds had not hitherto enfranchised her from the former; she, therefore, at the proper time of light, appeared on the arm of Signor Riccardini, and laid her purse on the lap of her mother (who she knew had at least three hundred po
Similar: effranchise
- to convert a copyhold estate into a freehold estate
Translations
Every language
verb to grant the privilege of voting
| Русский | дава́ть избира́тельное пра́во davátʹ izbirátelʹnoje právo |
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verb to grant freedom from servitude
| Español | enfranquecer |
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| Русский | освобожда́ть osvoboždátʹ, освободи́ть osvobodítʹ |
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title = {enfranchise},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/enfranchise},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
