Definition of Enfranchise
Enfranchise
en·fran·chise


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(verb)
to grant someone the legal right to vote;

e.g. The new laws will enfranchise people who have a criminal offense on their record.

(verb)
in historical usage, to set a slave free;

e.g. The historical movement to enfranchise slaves.



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