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Definition of Enfranchise
1. Verb. Grant freedom to; as from slavery or servitude. "Slaves were enfranchised in the mid-19th century"
2. Verb. Grant voting rights.
Definition of Enfranchise
1. v. t. To set free; to liberate from slavery, prison, or any binding power.
Definition of Enfranchise
1. Verb. To grant the franchise to an entity, specifically: ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Enfranchise
1. [v -CHISED, -CHISING, -CHISES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Enfranchise
Literary usage of Enfranchise
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of Woman Suffrage by Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan Brownell Anthony, Matilda Joslyn Gage (1922)
"... in the Legislative Council of Cape Colony a resolution to enfranchise widows
and spinsters with the required property and educational qualifications, ..."
2. The Constitutional History of England Since the Accession of George the by Thomas Erskine May (1906)
"In 1830, Lord John Russell,—no longer hoping to deal with Penryn and East
Retford,—proposed at once to enfranchise Leeds, Birmingham, and Manchester; ..."
3. The Constitutional History of England Since the Accession of George the by Thomas Erskine May (1871)
"... at once to enfranchise Leeds, Birmingham, and Manchester; and to provide that
the three next places proved guilty of corruption should be altogether ..."
4. The Law and Practice on Enfranchisements and Commutations: As Well by the by Archibald Brown (1903)
"Right to enfranchise. 1. Where there is an admitted tenant of copyhold land, the
lord or the tenant may, subject to the provisions of this act, ..."
5. The Origin and Growth of the English Constitution: An Historical Treatise by Hannis Taylor (1898)
"Passing over and 1823; his unsuccessful effort made in 1828 to enfranchise
Manchester and Birmingham through the disfranchisement of Penryn and East Retford ..."
6. An Universal Etymological English Dictionary ...by Nathan Bailey by Nathan Bailey (1724)
"Free] to make Free, to incorporate a Man into a Society or Body Politick.
To enfranchise, [of Fr*»c, F. To ENGAGE, [_«%«ger, F.] to draw in or ..."
7. A Treatise on the Law of Copyholds and Customary Tenures of Land: With an by Charles Isaac Elton (1874)
"Form of declaration as to Lord's title to be made for the purpose of enfranchisement.
3. A. Form of notice from tenant of his desire to enfranchise. 4. ..."
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