enfranchise
/ɪnˈfræntʃaɪz/verb
with obj.
1- give the right to vote to给…选举权：
a proposal that foreigners should be enfranchised for local elections.
一个主张给外国人地方选举权的建议。
1.1
- historical give (a town) the right to be represented in Parliament〈史〉赋予（城镇）在议会中的代表权。
1.2
- historical free (a slave)〈史〉恢复（奴隶）的自由, 解放。
派生词
enfranchisement
noun词源
late Middle English （formerly also as infranchise ）： from Old French enfranchiss-, lengthened stem of enfranchir, from en- (expressing a change of state) + franc, franche 'free'.