Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

   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.

   3. To receive as denizens; to naturalize; as, to enfranchise
      foreign words. --I. Watts.

Source : WordNet®

enfranchise
     v 1: grant freedom to; as from slavery or servitude; "Slaves were
          enfranchised in the mid-19th century" [syn: {affranchise}]
     2: grant voting rights [ant: {disenfranchise}]