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Definition of: enfranchise
(en·fran′chīz) v.t.
—chised, ·chis·ing
1. To endow with a franchise, as the right to vote.
2. To set free, as from bondage.
3. Law In England, to convert (a copyhold estate) into a freehold, either by payment in gross or by setting a fixed annual rent charge. [<OF enfranchiss-, stem of enfranchir <en- in + franc free. See FRANK.]
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