enfranchise
verb /ɪnˈfræntʃaɪz/
/ɪnˈfræntʃaɪz/
[usually passive] (formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they enfranchise | /ɪnˈfræntʃaɪz/ /ɪnˈfræntʃaɪz/ |
| he / she / it enfranchises | /ɪnˈfræntʃaɪzɪz/ /ɪnˈfræntʃaɪzɪz/ |
| past simple enfranchised | /ɪnˈfræntʃaɪzd/ /ɪnˈfræntʃaɪzd/ |
| past participle enfranchised | /ɪnˈfræntʃaɪzd/ /ɪnˈfræntʃaɪzd/ |
| -ing form enfranchising | /ɪnˈfræntʃaɪzɪŋ/ /ɪnˈfræntʃaɪzɪŋ/ |
- enfranchise somebody to give somebody the right to vote in an election opposite disenfranchiseTopics Politicsc2Word Originlate Middle English (formerly also as infranchise): from Old French enfranchiss-, lengthened stem of enfranchir, from en- (expressing a change of state) + franc, franche ‘free’.