English Dictionary

enfranchise

/ɛnˈfɹænt͡ʃaɪz/

verb

To grant the privilege of voting to a person or group of people. / To grant municipal or parliamentary rights to an entity such as a city or constituency.

The government decided to enfranchise all citizens over the age of 18.

意味（1）

To grant the privilege of voting to a person or group of people.

意味（2）

To grant municipal or parliamentary rights to an entity such as a city or constituency.

意味（3）

To grant freedom from slavery, duty or servitude.

Parental control had been so decisive in Louisa's case that marriage bonds had not hitherto enfranchised her from the former; she, therefore, at the proper time of light, appeared on the arm of Signor Riccardini, and laid her purse on the lap of her mother (who she knew had at least three hundred pounds in possession), at the risk of being deemed extravagant by her husband.

意味（4）

(property law, England & Wales, historical) to convert a copyhold estate into a freehold estate