enfranchise

tr.v., -chised, -chis·ing, -chis·es.

1. To bestow a franchise on.
2. To endow with the rights of citizenship, especially the right to vote.
3. To free, as from bondage.

[Middle English enfraunchisen, from Old French enfranchir, enfranchiss-, to set free : en-, intensive pref.; see en-¹ + franchir (from franc, free; see frank¹).]

enfranchisement en·fran'chise'ment n.

(en-FRAN-chyz)

verb tr.
1. To bestow a franchise on.
2. To endow with the rights of citizenship, especially the right to vote.
3. To free, as from bondage.

Etymology
Middle English enfraunchisen, from Old French enfranchir, enfranchiss-, to set free : en-, intensive pref + franchir (from franc, free).

Usage
"I wondered what could be done to genuinely enfranchise those who feel most excluded from the voting process. Certainly voter registration is a place to begin." — Nancy Nienhuis, Why Don't We Vote?, Sojourner: The Women's Forum, Nov 30, 1992.

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v

Definition: emancipate
Antonyms: enslave

v

Definition: give voting rights to
Antonyms: disenfranchise

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The verb has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: grant freedom to; as from slavery or servitude
  Synonym: affranchise

Meaning #2: grant voting rights
  Antonym: disenfranchise (meaning #1)

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - give stemmeret, give valgret, frigive

Nederlands (Dutch)
vrijlaten, stemrecht verlenen, stadsrecht verlenen

Français (French)
v. tr. - accorder le droit de vote à, admettre au suffrage, affranchir, franchiser

Deutsch (German)
v. - das Wahlrecht verleihen, befreien, einen Sitz im Unterhaus verleihen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - χειραφετώ, απελευθερώνω

Italiano (Italian)
affrancare, conferire

Português (Portuguese)
v. - conferir direitos civis, libertar

Русский (Russian)
предоставить избирательные права, освободить

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - liberar, conceder derechos de sufragio, dar carta de naturaleza, franquear

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - ge rösträtt, befria, ge stadsprivilegier

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
给予自治权, 解放, 给予选举权

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 給予自治權, 解放, 給予選舉權

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 참정권을 주다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 選挙権を与える, 解放する, 参政権を与える

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يمنح حق الإقتراع, يعتق‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮העניק זכות בחירה, הוציא לחרות, שיחרר, העניק (לעיר) זכות ייצוג‬

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