单词 | re-enfranchise |
释义 | re-enfranchisev.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. ΚΠ 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. ΚΠ 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). < v.1611 |
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