Today's Word "enfranchise"
Published in Vocabulary
enfranchise \en-FRAN-chyz\ (verb tr.) - 1 : To bestow a franchise on. 2 : To endow with the rights of citizenship, especially the right to vote. 3 : To free, as from bondage.
"Marcie was a firm believer in voter registration as a method to genuinely enfranchise those who felt most excluded from the voting process."
Middle English enfraunchisen, from Old French enfranchir, enfranchiss-, to set free : en-, intensive pref + franchir (from franc, free).
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