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for enfranchised
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
enfranchised \enfranchised\ adj.
endowed with the rights of citizenship especially the right
to vote. disenfranchised
[WordNet 1.5]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Enfranchise \En*fran"chise\, 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]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) :
enfranchised
adj 1: endowed with the rights of citizenship especially the
right to vote [ant: disenfranchised, disfranchised,
voiceless, voteless]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :
21 Moby Thesaurus words for "enfranchised":
acceptable, admissible, authorized, chartered, desirable, eligible,
empowered, entitled, fit, fitted, franchised, licensed, patented,
privileged, qualified, sanctioned, suitable, warranted, with voice,
with vote, worthy
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