v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Enfranchised p. pr. & vb. n. Enfranchising ] [ Pref. en- + franchise: cf. F. enfranchir. ] 1. To set free; to liberate from slavery, prison, or any binding power. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To endow with a franchise; to incorporate into a body politic and thus to invest with civil and political privileges; to admit to the privileges of a freeman; to give the right to vote. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To receive as denizens; to naturalize; as, to enfranchise foreign words. I. Watts. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. endowed with the rights of citizenship especially the right to vote. disenfranchised [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. Releasing from slavery or custody. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Admission to the freedom of a corporation or body politic; investiture with the privileges of free citizens. [ 1913 Webster ]

Enfranchisement of copyhold (Eng. Law), the conversion of a copyhold estate into a freehold. Mozley & W. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who enfranchises. [ 1913 Webster ]