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单词 re-enfranchise
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re-enfranchisev.

Brit. /ˌriːᵻnˈfran(t)ʃʌɪz/, /ˌriːɛnˈfran(t)ʃʌɪz/, U.S. /ˌriᵻnˈfrænˌtʃaɪz/, /ˌriɛnˈfrænˌtʃaɪz/
Forms: see re- prefix and enfranchise v.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: re- prefix, enfranchise v.
Etymology: < re- prefix + enfranchise v. With sense 1 compare Italian †raffrancare (14th cent.). With sense 2 compare re-enfranchisement n.
1. transitive. To set (a person) free. Obsolete. rare.
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
1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Raffrancare, to re-enfranchise or set at libertie.
2. transitive. To restore (a person's) rights as a citizen, esp. the right to vote. Also: to restore (a borough or town's) municipal rights, esp. the right of representation in Parliament.
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1653 J. Rogers Sagrir 49 But this must be amended, for the interest of great ones will byas the Law, till the people be reinfranchised, and till there be no Laws but such as arise from the peoples voice.
1841 Morning Chron. 28 Apr. The last words in the first clause of the Government bill disfranchise all the existing ten-pound electors, except in so far as they are re-enfranchised by the second clause.
1848 C. F. Henningsen Analogies & Contrasts II. iii. 93 A proprietor..advocating repeal, with the view of getting his boroughs re-enfranchised in the general confusion.
1867 Debates & Proc. Constit. Conv. State of Michigan I. 76 The Committee..be instructed to inquire into..the inexpediency and non-propriety, of re-enfranchising those persons in our State who were disfranchised.
1923 Eng. Hist. Rev. 38 499 Excluding Seaford, re-enfranchised as a Cinque Port after the opening of parliament.
1981 Times 11 Aug. 12/5 The 5 per cent shareholding disenfranchised after Aubert et Cie of Geneva refused to disclose who the beneficial owners were..would be re-enfranchised once the new owner's name was known.
2006 E. A. Hull Disenfranchisement Ex-felons xi. 132 In March 2001 New Mexico replaced its lifetime ban on ex-felon voting with a new law automatically re-enfranchising felons once they complete their prison terms, probation, and parole.

Derivatives

ˌre-enˈfranchising n.
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1664 N. Ingelo Bentivolio & Urania: 2nd Pt. vi. 258 A Price paid down for the re-infranchising of inslav'd Men.
1975 Crit. Inq. 2 91 We share similar goals-that is, the reenfranchising of women writers into the mainstream of our academic curriculum.
2004 Arkansas Democrat-Gaz. (Nexis) 8 Oct. When Coretta Scott King calls..for the re-enfranchising of felons..she's speaking out of dangerous ignorance.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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