| Enfranchise 1. (v. t.) To endow with a right or privilege, such as the right to vote; to admit to the privileges of a freeman. 2. (v. t.) To set free; to liberate from slavery, prison, or any binding power. 3. (v. t.) To receive as denizens; to naturalize; as, to enfranchise foreign words. Thesaurus Entries affranchise, authorize, certificate, certify, charter, deliver, disenthrall, emancipate, empower, enable, entitle, extricate, franchise, free, give official sanction, give power, legalize, legitimize, liberate, license, manumit, patent, privilege, ratify, release, rescue, sanction, set at large, set at liberty, set free, validate, warrant |