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franchised, ppl. a.|ˈfrɑːntʃɪzd, ˈfræn-, -tʃaɪzd|
[f. franchise n. and v. + -ed.]
†1. Of a city, etc.:
a. Possessing the right of sanctuary.
b. Invested with municipal or political privileges. Obs.
a.1503–4Act 19 Hen. VII, c. 36 Preamb., Sir Edward kepith hym in such hidelles and other places fraunchesed. 1546Langley Pol. Verg. De Invent. iii. viii. 74 b, Moses..did institute thre franchised tounes.
b.1451Paston Lett. (1872) I. 194 It was a fraunchised town and within the Duchye. 1538Leland Itin. (1711) V. 43 There hath beene a Franchisid Toune, now clene decayith. 1641Termes de la Ley 215 Seised of lands in Gavelkind, as in Kent, and in other places franchised.
2. Of persons: Made ‘free’ of a body politic.
1520in W. H. Turner Select. Rec. Oxford 26 Eny Fraunchesid man sworn unto the fraunches. 1558Reg. Gild Corpus Chr. York (1872) 220 note, The mayour's kid-cot, where unto franchised men are used to be commytted for their offens. 1841W. Spalding Italy & It. Isl. II. 116 The community, composed of all the franchised citizens.
†3. Made free, enfranchised. Obs.
1650Earl of Monmouth tr. Senault's Man become Guilty 257 The one was but a franchised slave, and the other a common Player. 1753L. M. tr. Du Boscq's Accomplish'd Woman II. 114 Anicetus. [Note] His [Nero's] franchis'd slave.
4. Of a company: possessing special powers or rights conferred on the ground of public utility. Also, possessing a franchise (sense 2 d). U.S.
1908Munsey's Mag. Nov. 165/2 His attitude toward the franchised and privileged monopolies of Washington. 1968Globe & Mail (Toronto) 5 Feb. 24/8 (Advt.), For Sale. Franchized dry cleaning plant, operating in busy well located Oshawa Shopping Centre. 1970Motoring Which? Oct. 150/1 Cars were generally serviced better..at franchised garages. |