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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)
v
1: grant freedom to; as from slavery or servitude; "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*fran"chise, v. t. [F. affranchir; ? (L. ad) + franc free. See Franchise and Frank.] To make free; to enfranchise. --Johnson.
