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Disfranchise definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DISFRANCHISE, v.t. [dis and franchise.] To deprive of the rights and privileges of a free citizen; to deprive of chartered rights and immunities; to deprive of any franchise, as of the right of voting in elections, etc.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: deprive of voting rights [syn: disenfranchise, disfranchise] [ant: enfranchise]

Merriam Webster's

transitive verb Date: 15th century disenfranchise • disfranchisement noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

var. of DISENFRANCHISE.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Disfranchise Dis*fran"chise, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disfranchised; p. pr. & vb. n. Disfranchising.] [Cf. Diffranchise.] To deprive of a franchise or chartered right; to dispossess of the rights of a citizen, or of a particular privilege, as of voting, holding office, etc. Sir William Fitzwilliam was disfranchised. --Fabyan (1509). He was partially disfranchised so as to be made incapable of taking part in public affairs. --Thirlwall.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. a. Deprive of a franchise, deprive of chartered rights or the privileges of a citizen.