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单词 affranchise
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affranchisev.

Brit. /əˈfran(t)ʃʌɪz/, U.S. /əˈfrænˌtʃaɪz/
Forms: late Middle English afranchise, late Middle English afraunchise, late Middle English–1500s affranchyse, 1500s– affranchise, 1600s– affranchize.
Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French affranchiss-, affranchir.
Etymology: < Middle French afranchiss-, affranchiss-, extended stem of afranchir , affranchir (French affranchir ) to set (oneself) free (end of the 12th cent. in Old French), to free (a person or thing) from (2nd half of the 13th cent.) < a- a- prefix5 + franchir (see franchise v.). Compare post-classical Latin affranchire , affranquire , affranquischere , afranchire (13th cent.), affrancare (14th cent.), affranchisare (15th cent.). Compare enfranchise v. and earlier franchise v. N.E.D. (1884) gives the pronunciation as (ăfrɑ·ntʃiz, -ʃəiz) /æˈfrɑːntʃɪz/, /-tʃaɪz/.
transitive. To set free; to liberate, emancipate. Also with from, †of.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > liberation > set free [verb (transitive)]
freeeOE
letc1000
alithOE
areim-ena1250
alaskic1300
fritha1325
loose1340
unfetterc1374
to let goc1384
releasec1384
freitha1400
to let farea1400
assoil1401
remit1467
affranchise1477
resplaitc1531
discussa1542
freedom1548
to set (go, walk, etc.) free1609
re-enfranchise1611
unhook1611
unloose1614
liberate1623
disenfranchise1626
assert1638
relinquish1671
uncork1749
unfankle1824
1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 135 I shall affranchyse yow [Fr. Je ne doubte que je..ne vous affranchisse] of your vowe.
1477 Earl Rivers tr. Dictes or Sayengis Philosophhres (Caxton) (1877) lf. 55v He afranchised legmon and made him fre that afore was bonde & thrall.
a1492 W. Caxton tr. Vitas Patrum (1495) i. cliii. f. clviii/2 Fyrst bonde & sith afraunchised & made free.
1550 T. Nicolls tr. Thucydides Hist. Peloponnesian War v. ix. f. cxliii Those that had newly bene affranchised and putt into lybertie.
1592 H. O. tr. V. Figueiro Spaniards Monarchie sig. Fijv He could neuer since affranchise him selfe from the bridle, nor seruice of man.
1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xxxv. xxiii. 908 Antiochus should be sent for to affranchise Greece.
1697 D. Jones tr. Pope Innocent XI in Secret Hist. White-Hall xxviii. 35 Those Menaces, that imported that the King should affranchise France from the Roman See.
1725 D. Cotes tr. L. E. Du Pin New Eccl. Hist. 17th Cent. I. iii. i. 76 It cannot be said, that France..has been made Free, or affranchised, since she was free in her first original.
1797 W. F. Mavor Hist. Acct. Voy., Trav., & Discov. XIX. 197 To impart his goods to the poor, to affranchise his negroes.
1839 A. Crichton tr. C. W. Koch Hist. Revol. Europe (ed. 2) 47/1 All those who had serfs were obliged to present them before the Podesta..who affranchised them for a certain sum or tax.
1863 W. S. Landor Let. 11 Sept. in Atlantic Monthly (1866) June 702/2 Every slave, after fifteen years, should be affranchised.
1907 E. Saltus Lords of Ghostland i. 48 A messiah..who..will rejuvenate the world, affranchise it from death.
2007 E. Kohen Hist. Turkish Jews & Sephardim v. 25 Mobilizing funds to affranchise former captives and help the destitute.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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