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enfranchise

Verb

∙ To grant the franchise to an entity, specifically:
- ∙ To grant the privilege of voting to a person or group of people.
- ∙ To grant municipal or parliamentary rights to an entity such as a city or constituency.
- ∙ To grant freedom from slavery or servitude.

BABYLON ENGLISH
enfranchise v.
give a person certain rights (especially the right to vote); liberate, emancipate, free

HENGLISH - ADVANCED VERSION
enfranchise
enfranchise
\en*fran"chise\ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. enfranchised (?); p. pr. & vb. n. enfranchising (?).] [pref. en- + franchise: cf. f. enfranchir.]
1. to set free; to liberate from slavery, prison, or any binding power.
2. 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.
3. to receive as denizens; to naturalize; as, to enfranchise foreign words. watts.

WORDNET 2.0
enfranchise
Verb
1. grant freedom to; as from slavery or servitude; "Slaves were enfranchised in the mid-19th century"
(synonym) affranchise
(hypernym) liberate, set free
(derivation) enfranchisement
2. grant voting rights
(antonym) disenfranchise, disfranchise
(hypernym) accord, allot, grant
(derivation) franchise, enfranchisement

ENGLISH WIKIPEDIA - THE FREE ENCYCLOPEDIA
Suffrage
Suffrage, political franchise, or simply franchise is the right to vote in public, political elections (although the term is sometimes used for any right to vote). The right to run for office is sometimes called candidate eligibility, and the combination of both rights is sometimes called full suffrage. In many languages, the right to vote is called the active right to vote and the right to run for office is called the passive right to vote. In English, these are sometimes called active suffrage and passive suffrage.
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WIKTIONARY - Yabla

enfranchise

Verb

∙ To grant the franchise to an entity, specifically:
- ∙ To grant the privilege of voting to a person or group of people.
- ∙ To grant municipal or parliamentary rights to an entity such as a city or constituency.
- ∙ To grant freedom from slavery or servitude.

BABYLON ENGLISH
enfranchise v.
give a person certain rights (especially the right to vote); liberate, emancipate, free

HENGLISH - ADVANCED VERSION
enfranchise
enfranchise
\en*fran"chise\ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. enfranchised (?); p. pr. & vb. n. enfranchising (?).] [pref. en- + franchise: cf. f. enfranchir.]
1. to set free; to liberate from slavery, prison, or any binding power.
2. 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.
3. to receive as denizens; to naturalize; as, to enfranchise foreign words. watts.

WORDNET 2.0
enfranchise
Verb
1. grant freedom to; as from slavery or servitude; "Slaves were enfranchised in the mid-19th century"
(synonym) affranchise
(hypernym) liberate, set free
(derivation) enfranchisement
2. grant voting rights
(antonym) disenfranchise, disfranchise
(hypernym) accord, allot, grant
(derivation) franchise, enfranchisement

ENGLISH WIKIPEDIA - THE FREE ENCYCLOPEDIA
Suffrage
Suffrage, political franchise, or simply franchise is the right to vote in public, political elections (although the term is sometimes used for any right to vote). The right to run for office is sometimes called candidate eligibility, and the combination of both rights is sometimes called full suffrage. In many languages, the right to vote is called the active right to vote and the right to run for office is called the passive right to vote. In English, these are sometimes called active suffrage and passive suffrage.
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