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enfranchise 音标拼音: [ɪnfr'æntʃ ,ɑɪz] vt. 给予自治权,给予选举权,解放 给予自治权,给予选举权,解放 enfranchise v 1: grant freedom to; as from slavery or servitude; " Slaves were enfranchised in the mid- 19th century" [ synonym: { affranchise}, { enfranchise}] 2: grant voting rights [ ant: { disenfranchise}, { disfranchise}] 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. -- Bacon. [ 1913 Webster] 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; to give the right to vote. [ 1913 Webster] 3. To receive as denizens; to naturalize; as, to enfranchise foreign words. -- I. Watts. [ 1913 Webster] 32 Moby Thesaurus words for " enfranchise": affranchise, authorize, certificate, certify, charter, deliver, disenthrall, emancipate, empower, enable, entitle, extricate, franchise, free, give official sanction, give power, legalize, legitimize, liberate, license, manumit, patent, privilege, ratify, release, rescue, sanction, set at large, set at liberty, set free, validate, warrant
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