En-frăn'chīse, v. t.
(en-frăn'chĭz), v. t. [imp. & p. p. ENFRANCHISED; p. pr. & vb. n. ENFRANCHISING.] [Prefix en and franchise, q. v.]
Sense 1. To set free; to liberate from slavery; to release from custody. Bacon.
Sense 2. To make free of a city, corporation, or state; to admit to the privileges of a freeman; to naturalize; as, colonies enfranchised by special charters. Davies.
Sense 3. To receive as denizens; as, to enfranchise foreign words. Watts.