diffranchisev.
Probably a compositorial misreading of disfranchise v., due to reading long ſ as f (probably also by association with dif- prefix). Cf. diffranchisement n.
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1606 P. Holland in tr. Suetonius Hist. Twelve Caesars Index sig. A5/2 Lycians diffranchised.
a1631 R. Cotton in J. Howell Cottoni Posthuma (1651) 152 I thinke that for punishment both one and the other worthily might be diffranchised [1979 disfranchised] of the priviledge due to English men.
1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Diffranchise, Diffranchisement: see Disfranchise, which is the word in use [Also in later dictionaries.].
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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