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US
/ɪnˈfɹænˌtʃaɪz/
]
[ UK /ɛnfɹˈɑːntʃaɪz/ ]
[ UK /ɛnfɹˈɑːntʃaɪz/ ]
VERB
-
grant freedom to; as from slavery or servitude
Slaves were enfranchised in the mid-19th century - grant voting rights
How To Use enfranchise In A Sentence
- It was not to deprive, to disenfranchise people.
- Preaching to people who feel disenfranchised affects the way you address them. Christianity Today
- Even early American democracy would get low marks by contemporary standards since there was no enfranchisement for the majority of the population.
- The worst thing about Britain is that so many people are disenfranchised by price and snobbery. Times, Sunday Times
- For example, if the powers that be want to disenfranchise you or make you unemployable, that's one sure way to do it.
- But vote groups are concerned asking people for more information could disenfranchise legitimate voters on election day.
- The Women's Cooperative Guild played a decisive role in helping to secure for Labour the newly-enfranchised female vote.
- Didn't Clinton herself agree to "disenfranchise" the voters of MI and FL in the fall of 2007? Florida court throws out DNC suit
- Mr West said he had advised clients with residential and commercial property on letting and leasehold enfranchisement matters.
- She'd be forgiven for ranting even a bit more about voter apathy, but she wisely takes the high road in describing the disenfranchised young women who reject much of the rhetoric of their feminist foremothers.