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 En·fran·chise v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enfranchised p. pr. & vb. n. Enfranchising ]
 1. To set free; to liberate from slavery, prison, or any binding power.
 2. To endow with a franchise; to incorporate into a body politic and thus to invest with civil and political privileges; to admit to the privileges of a freeman; to give the right to vote.
 3. To receive as denizens; to naturalize; as, to enfranchise foreign words.
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