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Definition of affranchise in English: affranchiseverb əˈfran(t)ʃʌɪzəˈfrænˌtʃaɪz [with object]archaic Release from servitude. every slave, after fifteen years, should be affranchised Example sentencesExamples - In 1538 the local duc affranchised the population of Thonnance and Suzanne-court by a letter of affranchisement.
- The emperor Hadrian affranchised the city from aurum coronarium and recognized the right to take refuge in there.
- In the mid 19th century, after the peasantry had been affranchised, a model of Heinrichshof was built by the Duke on his fields.
- In this way we therefore pray you, gentlemen, to pass such a law which releases and affranchises the Land Company from paying the Stamp duties.
- The battle between the recently affranchised blacks and Napoleon's forces, sent with orders to either put the blacks again into chains or to kill them - all of them if necessary - was a conflict of Armageddon dimensions.
Synonyms emancipate, liberate, free, set free, release, empower
Origin Late 15th century: from Old French afranchiss-, lengthened stem of afranchir, from a- (from Latin ad 'to, at') + franc 'free'. Definition of affranchise in US English: affranchiseverbəˈfrænˌtʃaɪzəˈfranˌCHīz [with object]archaic Release from servitude. every slave, after fifteen years, should be affranchised Example sentencesExamples - The battle between the recently affranchised blacks and Napoleon's forces, sent with orders to either put the blacks again into chains or to kill them - all of them if necessary - was a conflict of Armageddon dimensions.
- The emperor Hadrian affranchised the city from aurum coronarium and recognized the right to take refuge in there.
- In 1538 the local duc affranchised the population of Thonnance and Suzanne-court by a letter of affranchisement.
- In this way we therefore pray you, gentlemen, to pass such a law which releases and affranchises the Land Company from paying the Stamp duties.
- In the mid 19th century, after the peasantry had been affranchised, a model of Heinrichshof was built by the Duke on his fields.
Synonyms emancipate, liberate, free, set free, release, empower
Origin Late 15th century: from Old French afranchiss-, lengthened stem of afranchir, from a- (from Latin ad ‘to, at’) + franc ‘free’. |