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EnforcerEnforcible
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Enfouldered
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enframe
enframement
enfranchise
Enfranchised
Enfranchisement of copyhold
Enfranchiser
Enfranchising
Enfree
Enfreedom
Enfreeze
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Enfranchisement definitions
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Webster's 1828 Dictionary
ENFRAN'CHISEMENT, n. Release from slavery or custody.
1. The admission of persons to the freedom of a corporation or state; investiture with the privileges of free citizens; the incorporating of a person into any society or body politic.
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)
n
1: freedom from political subjugation or servitude
2: a statutory right or privilege granted to a person or group by a government (especially the rights of citizenship and the right to vote) [syn: franchise, enfranchisement]
3: the act of certifying or bestowing a franchise on [syn: certification, enfranchisement] [ant: disenfranchisement]
Merriam Webster's
noun see enfranchise
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
Enfranchisement En*fran"chise*ment, n. 1. Releasing from slavery or custody. --Shak. 2. Admission to the freedom of a corporation or body politic; investiture with the privileges of free citizens. Enfranchisement of copyhold (Eng. Law), the conversion of a copyhold estate into a freehold. --Mozley & W.
Collin's Cobuild Dictionary
Enfranchisement is the condition of someone being enfranchised. (FORMAL) ...the enfranchisement of the country's blacks. N-UNCOUNT: oft N of n
