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† enˈfranch, v. Obs.
Also 6 enfraunch, 7 infranch.
[a. AF. enfraunch-er, f. en- in + franc free.]
= enfranchise.
Hence enˈfranched ppl. a.
1581Marbeck Bk. of Notes 193 By him we be enfraunched from the captivitie and thraldome of the Divell. 1606Shakes. Ant. & Cl. iii. xiii. 149 He has Hiparchus, my enfranched Bondman, whom He may at pleasure whip. 1621Quarles Argalus & P. (1678) 55 The sovereigntie of thy worth infranches Thy captive beautie. 1633P. Fletcher Purple Isl. ix. xlii, Little caps and shaved head..infranched bondmens guise. |