Both Uses
enfranchise
in
Julius Caesar
(Edited)
- To beg enfranchisement for Publius Cimber.
p. 97.8enfranchisement = citizenship
- Some to the common pulpits and cry out,
"Liberty, freedom, and enfranchisement!"p. 99.8 *enfranchisement = the right to vote
Definitions:
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(1)
(enfranchise as in: enfranchised after the Civil War) grant the right to vote, or citizenship, or freedom
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(2)
(enfranchise as in: enfranchised employees) to empower or give voice to
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(3)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) Less commonly, to enfranchise is to give a franchise (the right to operate a business under a company's brand).