From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishenfranchiseen‧fran‧chise /ɪnˈfræntʃaɪz/ verb [transitive] PPVto give a group of people the right to vote OPP disenfranchise —enfranchisement /-tʃɪz- $ -tʃaɪz-/ noun [uncountable] the enfranchisement of EU citizens —enfranchised adjective newly enfranchised shareholders→ See Verb table
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enfranchise• South Africa's new constitution enfranchised 28 million blacks.• The ruling countered moves in both Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein to enfranchise certain categories of foreigners in local elections.• This legislation enfranchised many thousands of people.• Nor was it in 1967, when decisions to disenfranchise as well as to enfranchise were a possibility.• The group works in developing countries to increase literacy and enfranchise women. 