Verb: enfranchise en'fran,chIz
- Grant voting rights
"The amendment enfranchised women in the early 20th century"
- Grant freedom to; as from slavery or servitude
"Slaves were enfranchised in the mid-19th century";
- affranchise [archaic]
Derived forms: enfranchised, enfranchises, enfranchising
Type of: accord, allot, allow, grant, liberate, set free
Antonym: disenfranchise
Encyclopedia: Enfranchise