Home > Synonyms > Synonyms for enfranchise

Synonyms for enfranchise

Grammar : Verb
Spell : en-fran-chahyz
Phonetic Transcription : ɛnˈfræn tʃaɪz

Définition of enfranchise

Origin :
  • early 15c., "to set free," from Old French enfranchiss-, present participle stem of enfranchir "to set or make free; grant a franchise to;" from en- "make, put in" (see en- (1)) + franc "free" (see franchise).
  • Meaning "to admit to membership in a state" (generally with reference to voting privileges) is from 1680s. Related: Enfranchised; enfranchisement.
  • verb set free
Example sentences :
  • "Death alone can enfranchise them from their servitude," has said Para-Brahma.
  • Extract from : « The Unknown Life of Jesus Christ » by Nicolas Notovitch
  • By enfranchising the women of this country, you enfranchise humanity.
  • Extract from : « The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV » by Various
  • We are not asking Congress to enfranchise us, because it does not possess that power.
  • Extract from : « The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV » by Various
  • In 1891 a bill was presented to enfranchise women by statute.
  • Extract from : « The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV » by Various
  • The Mother Colony seems likely to be the next to enfranchise women.
  • Extract from : « The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV » by Various
  • A bill to enfranchise widows and spinsters was pending in Parliament.
  • Extract from : « Susan B. Anthony » by Alma Lutz
  • You give to all who ask, and enfranchise all who serve you assiduously.
  • Extract from : « The Book-lover » by James Baldwin
  • Were he to enfranchise them and pay them wages for work, they would get the wages but he would not get the work.
  • Extract from : « North America, Volume I (of 2) » by Anthony Trollope
  • The first may free a man from himself, it may enfranchise him from egotism.
  • Extract from : « Amiel's Journal » by Henri-Frdric Amiel
  • He would support a bill to disfranchise Dudley, and support another to enfranchise Old Sarum.
  • Extract from : « The Curiosities of Dudley and the Black Country, From 1800 to 1860 » by C. F. G. Clark

Antonyms for enfranchise

Based on : Thesaurus.com - Gutenberg.org - Dictionary.com - Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019