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1 enfranchise -- rank: 1000

enfranchise definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) v 1: grant freedom ... Slaves were enfranchised in the mid-19th century" [syn: affranchise, enfranchise] 2: grant voting rights [ant: disenfranchise, disfranchise] Merriam Webster's ... as EN-(1), franc franche FRANK) Webster's 1913 Dictionary Enfranchise En*fran"chise, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enfranchised; p ... freeman. 3. To receive as denizens; to naturalize; as, to enfranchise foreign words. --I. Watts. Collin's Cobuild Dictionary (enfranchises, enfranchising, enfranchised) To enfranchise someone means to give them the right to vote in elections. (FORMAL) The company voted to enfranchise its 120 women members... VERB: V n Soule's ...

2 Franchise -- rank: 440

... for criminals. FRAN'CHISE, v.t. To make free; but enfranchise is more generally used. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n ... franchir to free, F., to cross.] To make free; to enfranchise; to give liberty to. --Shak. Collin's Cobuild Dictionary (franchises ... deciding vote, diploma, diplomatic immunity, discharge, dispensation, division, empower, enable, enfranchise, enfranchisement, entitle, exception, exemption, fagot vote, favor, female suffrage, freedom ...

3 affranchise -- rank: 440

... Slaves were enfranchised in the mid-19th century" [syn: affranchise, enfranchise] Oxford Reference Dictionary v.tr. release from servitude or an obligation. Etymology: OF afranchir (as ENFRANCHISE, with prefix A-(3)) Webster's 1913 Dictionary Affranchise Af ... franc free. See Franchise and Frank.] To make free; to enfranchise. --Johnson.

4 Enfranchised -- rank: 348

... vote [ant: disenfranchised, disfranchised, voiceless, voteless] Webster's 1913 Dictionary Enfranchise En*fran"chise, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enfranchised; p ... freeman. 3. To receive as denizens; to naturalize; as, to enfranchise foreign words. --I. Watts. Moby Thesaurus acceptable, admissible, authorized, chartered ...

5 grandfather clause -- rank: 348

... existing prior to the adoption of some policy; used to enfranchise illiterate whites in south after the American Civil War Merriam ... especially a provision in several southern state constitutions designed to enfranchise poor whites and disenfranchise blacks by waiving high voting requirements ...

6 Enfranchising -- rank: 348

... a free man in a corporation. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Enfranchise En*fran"chise, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enfranchised; p ... freeman. 3. To receive as denizens; to naturalize; as, to enfranchise foreign words. --I. Watts.

7 Emancipate -- rank: 348

... of n Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms v. a. Enfranchise, manumit, liberate, disenthrall, release, unfetter, unshackle, unchain, free, set free, set at liberty. Moby Thesaurus affranchise, deliver, discharge, disenthrall, enfranchise, free, let go, let loose, liberate, loose, loosen, manumit, release ...

8 Free -- rank: 348

... familiar. II. v. a. 1. Liberate, emancipate, manumit, release, disinthrall, enfranchise, deliver, set free, set at liberty. 2. Rid, clear, disengage ... ease off, easy, easygoing, effusive, elective, eleemosynary, emancipate, emancipated, empty, enfranchise, enfranchised, escaped, except, exculpate, excuse, exempt, exempt from, exonerate, expansive ...

9 Legalize -- rank: 220

... certificate, certify, charter, constitute, declare lawful, decree, empower, enable, enact, enfranchise, entitle, establish, formulate, franchise, give official sanction, give power, legislate ...

10 Infranchise -- rank: 220

... s 1913 Dictionary Infranchise In*fran"chise, v. t. See Enfranchise.

11 Manumit -- rank: 220

... Dictionary of English Synonyms v. a. Free, liberate, release, emancipate, enfranchise, set free.

12 Franchising -- rank: 220

... franchir to free, F., to cross.] To make free; to enfranchise; to give liberty to. --Shak. Collin's Cobuild Dictionary see ...

13 Franchised -- rank: 220

... franchir to free, F., to cross.] To make free; to enfranchise; to give liberty to. --Shak.

14 Warrant -- rank: 220

... due bill, earnest, embassy, empower, empowerment, enable, enabling, endorse, endorsement, enfranchise, enfranchisement, ensure, entitle, entitlement, entrust, entrusting, entrustment, errand, exchequer bill ...

15 Effranchise -- rank: 220

... chise, v. t. [Pref. ex- + franchise: cf. OF. esfranchir.] To enfranchise.