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ENFRANCHISE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Grant voting rights

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "enfranchise" is one way to...):

accord; allot; grant (allow to have)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Antonym:

disenfranchise (deprive of voting rights)

Derivation:

enfranchisement (a statutory right or privilege granted to a person or group by a government (especially the rights of citizenship and the right to vote))

Sense 2

Meaning:

Grant freedom to; as from slavery or servitude

Example:

Slaves were enfranchised in the mid-19th century

Synonyms:

affranchise; enfranchise

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "enfranchise" is one way to...):

liberate; set free (grant freedom to)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

enfranchisement (freedom from political subjugation or servitude)

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