enfranchise
verb [usually passive] (formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they enfranchise | |
| he / she / it enfranchises | |
| past simple enfranchised | |
| past participle enfranchised | |
| -ing form enfranchising |
- enfranchise somebody
to give somebody the right to vote in an election 给（某人）选举权 Word 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’.