Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Disfranchise \Dis*fran"chise\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
   {Disfranchised}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disfranchising}.] [Cf.
   {Diffranchise}.]
   To deprive of a franchise or chartered right; to dispossess
   of the rights of a citizen, or of a particular privilege, as
   of voting, holding office, etc.

         Sir William Fitzwilliam was disfranchised. --Fabyan
                                                  (1509).

         He was partially disfranchised so as to be made
         incapable of taking part in public affairs.
                                                  --Thirlwall.