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What does enfranchise mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word enfranchise? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. To grant the franchise to an entity, specifically:
    1. To grant the privilege of voting to a person or group of people.
    2. To grant municipal or parliamentary rights to an entity such as a city or constituency.
    3. To grant freedom from slavery or servitude.
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The missionaries came to Kispiox, telling them that their life could be easier if they chose to enfranchise themselves.
They will not suddenly enfranchise women, hold elections and step aside from power.
The Hirst judgment did not conclude that the UK must enfranchise all prisoners.
He would support a bill to disfranchise Dudley, and support another to enfranchise Old Sarum.
For Stowe, this French colonial tendency to enfranchise mixed-race slaves went hand-in-hand with the history of French slave rebellion.
After that war, many individuals decided to enfranchise to gain certain benefits, which varied over time according to changes in the Indian Act.

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