Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Franchise \Fran"chise\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Franchised}; p. pr.
   & vb. n. {Franchising}.] [Cf. OF. franchir to free, F., to
   cross.]
   To make free; to enfranchise; to give liberty to. --Shak.