| VERB | social | enfranchise, affranchise | grant freedom to |
|---|---|---|---|
| social | enfranchise | grant voting rights |
| Sounds | ihnfrae'nchay.z | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | actualize ... womanize: 266 rhymes with ayz... | |
| Meaning | grant freedom to; as from slavery or servitude. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Example | "Slaves were enfranchised in the mid-19th century" | |
| Synonym | affranchise | |
| Broader | liberate, set free | grant freedom to |
| Spanish | franquear, inhabilitar para votar, liberar, libertar, manumitir | |
| Catalan | afranquir, enfranquir | |
| Nouns | enfranchisement | freedom from political subjugation or servitude |
| Meaning | grant voting rights. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Broader | accord, allot, grant | Allow to have |
| Opposite | disenfranchise, disfranchise | deprive of voting rights |
| Spanish | habilitar para votar | |
| Nouns | enfranchisement | a statutory right or privilege granted to a person or group by a government (especially the rights of citizenship and the right to vote) |
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