ENFRANCHISE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

I. (verb)

Verb forms

Present simple: I / you / we / they enfranchise ... he / she / it enfranchises

Past simple: enfranchised

Past participle: enfranchised

-ing form: enfranchising

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