1. (v. t.) To endow with a right or privilege, such as the right to vote\; to admit to the privileges of a freeman.

2. (v. t.) To set free; to liberate from slavery, prison, or any binding power.

3. (v. t.) To receive as denizens; to naturalize; as, to enfranchise foreign words.

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