enfranchise

  • 11enfranchise — enfranchisement /en fran chuyz meuhnt, chiz /, n. enfranchiser, n. /en fran chuyz/, v.t., enfranchised, enfranchising. 1. to grant a franchise to; admit to citizenship, esp. to the right of voting. 2. to endow (a city, constituency, etc.) with… …

    Universalium

  • 12enfranchise — verb To grant the franchise to an entity. Generally meaning to grant the privilege of voting to a person. See Also: franchise, disenfranchise …

    Wiktionary

  • 13enfranchise — Synonyms and related words: affranchise, authorize, certificate, certify, charter, deliver, disenthrall, emancipate, empower, enable, entitle, extricate, franchise, free, give official sanction, give power, legalize, legitimize, liberate, license …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 14enfranchise — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. liberate, set free, release; naturalize; empower, license, qualify. See permission, liberation. Ant., disenfranchise. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To liberate] Syn. emancipate, release, manumit; see free …

    English dictionary for students

  • 15enfranchise — en|fran|chise [ınˈfræntʃaız] v [T] to give a group of people the right to vote ≠ ↑disenfranchise >enfranchisement [ tʃız US tʃaız ] n [U] ▪ the enfranchisement of EU citizens >enfranchised adj ▪ newly enfranchised shareholders …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 16enfranchise — en|fran|chise [ ın fræn,tʃaız ] verb transitive 1. ) to give someone the right to vote 2. ) to make a SLAVE free ╾ en|fran|chise|ment [ ın fræntʃızmənt ] noun uncount …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 17enfranchise — en·fran·chise || ɪn fræntʃaɪz v. give a person certain rights (especially the right to vote); liberate, emancipate, free …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 18enfranchise — [ɪn fran(t)ʃʌɪz, ɛn ] verb 1》 give the right to vote to. 2》 historical free (a slave). Derivatives enfranchisement noun Origin ME: from OFr. enfranchiss , enfranchir, from en (expressing a change of state) + franc, franche free …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 19enfranchise — v. a. 1. Admit as a free man, endow with a franchise. 2. Free, emancipate, manumit, release, set free, make free, restore to liberty …

    New dictionary of synonyms

  • 20enfranchise — verb (T) 1 to give a group of people the right to vote opposite disenfranchise 2 to free a slave enfranchisement, noun (U) engage /In geIdZ/ verb formal 1 (T) to attract someone and keep their interest: The new toy didn t engage the child s… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

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