enfranchise
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Enfranchise, en-fran′chiz, v.t. to set free: to give a franchise or political privileges to.—n.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various
Enfranchise him, give him his own way, and you make a new man of him; persecute him, and he is himself again.
From The Grandchildren of the Ghetto by Zangwill, Israel
Enfranchise them equally, and then begin afresh, if you please, to legislate for the whole human race.
From Women and the Alphabet A Series of Essays by Higginson, Thomas Wentworth
Enfranchise them, and they become self-respecting and country-loving citizens.
From Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, 1995, Memorial Issue by Various
And so dissatisfaction, like to yeast, Deep in the thoughtless mob did swell to burst Because our party purposed to at once Enfranchise this unhappy down-trod race.
From 'A Comedy of Errors' in Seven Acts by Spokeshave (AKA Old Fogy)
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