enfranchisev.

/ɛnˈfrɑːntʃʌɪz/

/ɛnˈfrantʃʌɪz/

/ɛnˈfrɑːntʃɪz/

/ɛnˈfrantʃɪz/

Forms: 1500s enfraunches(e, enfraunchize, 1600s enfraunchise, enfranchiz, 1500s– enfranchize; also 1500s–1600s infranchese, infranchise, infraunchise.

Etymology: < Old French enfranchiss-, lengthened stem of enfranchir , < en (see en- prefix¹) + franc free: see frank adj.² Compare affranchise v.By Johnson regarded as < en- prefix¹ + franchise v. a view of the derivation which has influenced the later use. The pronunciation of enfranchise, affranchise, has from 18th cent. followed the same course as that of franchise: Buchanan (1766), an orthoepist of no great authority, has /-tʃaɪz/ in all three words: Perry (1793) has /-tʃiːz/; Sheridan, Walker (1790) and the majority of later orthoepists, have /-tʃɪz/, but /-tʃaɪz/ reappears in Knowles (1835) and in Ogilvie (1850), and is given as an alternative in many recent dictionaries.

I. To admit to personal freedom.

a. To admit to freedom, set free (a slave or serf).

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > liberation > set free [verb (transitive)] > from slavery

manumitc1455

manumise1523

enfranchise1531

enfranch1581

unthrallc1595

unslavea1618

disenthral1636

unenslave1644

disenslave1649

1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour ii. vii. sig. Qiij^v Thou in a priuate iugement were ouer commen of a poore man, but late infraunchised.

1577 R. Holinshed Hist. Eng. 182/2 in Chron. I He did not only baptise them, but also enfranchised them of all bodily seruitude and bondage.

1636 G. Sandys Paraphr. Psalmes David 1 Sam. ii. 1. 256 Those who served, infranchised.

1776 A. Smith Inq. Wealth of Nations I. iii. ii. 474 A villain enfranchised..could cultivate it [sc. the land] only by means of what the landlord advanced to him.

1876 ‘Ouida’ Moths (1880) III. 119 The Tsar has not enfranchised me.

figurative.1548 E. Gest Treat. againste Masse sig. Ivi^v He is both blessed and enfranchised from al travayl.1695 T. Tryon Treat. Dreams & Visions (ed. 2) iii. 37 [The] beginning of each Christians Regeneration..whereby he Infrancheses himself from the world.a1754 W. Hamilton Youngest Grace (R.) Psyche, infranchis'd from all mortal pain.1888 Brit. Weekly 24 Aug. 273/1 The soul..should become mellow and enfranchised.

†b. To set free from political subjection. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > liberation > set free [verb (transitive)] > free from legal or political subjection

franchisea1325

enfranchisec1600

emancipatea1631

mancipatea1677

c1600 J. Norden Speculum Brit.: Cornwall (1728) 7 Vntill the Britons enfraunchized themselves by a generall reuolte.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) i. i. 24 Take in that Kingdome, and Infranchise that.

1649 J. Milton Observations in Articles of Peace with Irish Rebels 46 To be infranchiz'd with full liberty equall to their Conquerours.

a. To release from confinement; chiefly transferred or figurative. (Frequently in Shakespeare.)

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > liberation > set free [verb (transitive)] > from confinement

unbindc950

to let freec1000

aletOE

to let out1154

loosea1225

slakec1374

loosen1382

to let goc1384

releasec1384

unloosec1400

unlockc1410

dissolvec1420

relievec1450

unloosen?a1475

to set at liberty1509

enlargea1513

to let at large1525

to let loose1530

to turn loose?1566

enfranchise1569

to turn up1573

enfranch1581

unkennel1589

unwind1596

to cast loosec1600

disimmure1611

disimprison1611

unhamper1620

to let abroad1633

unfold1633

disencloister1652

disencage1654

discagea1657

disincarcerate1665

eliminate1745

unspherea1806

unmew1818

unbottle1821

uncage1837

unbag1854

bust1921

1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 773 If you finally refuse to deliuer him, I thinke verily the counsayle will enfraunches hym.

1594 W. Shakespeare Titus Andronicus iv. ii. 124 From your wombe where you imprisoned were, Hee is infraunchised, and come to light.

1598 G. Chapman tr. Homer Seauen Bks. Iliades i. 94 Till her enfranchis'd feet Tread Chrysa under.

1626 T. Hawkins tr. N. Caussin Holy Court I. 160 Break your fetters, enfranchiz your selfe.

1878 S. Cox Salv. Mundi (ed. 3) ix. 201 Liberate and enfranchise that which is good.

†b. humorously. To get (a thing) free.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or detachment > loosening or unfastening > loosen, unfasten, or untie [verb (transitive)] > and release

loose1382

abandon1582

to cast loosec1600

disengage1662

enfranchise1682

unwhip1683

release1807

1682 T. D'Urfey Butler's Ghost 16 This..Fierce Blade from peaceful sheath he lugs; For, putting chape betwixt his Feet, He, with much ease, Enfranchis'd it.

3. To release from obligatory payments, legal liabilities, etc. to enfranchise a copyhold or leasehold estate: to convert it into freehold.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > tax > taxation > levy (a tax) [verb (transitive)] > exempt or release from

enfranchise1594

untax1831

society > law > legal obligation > put under legal obligation [verb (transitive)] > free from legal obligation

freitha1400

enfranchise1804

1594 R. Carew tr. J. Huarte Exam. Mens Wits xiii. 220 His house shalbe enfranchised in Israel from all maner tribute.

1804 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. III. 118 The lord of a manor enfranchised a copyhold..and then disputed the right of common with the copyholder he had enfranchised.

II. To admit to municipal or political privileges.

†4. To make ‘free’ of a municipality or corporation. Const. into. Also figurative. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > legal right > right of specific class, person, or place > [verb (transitive)] > make free of a municipality or corporation

enfranchise1514

1514 Act 5 Hen. VIII c. 6 The crafte and misterye of Surgeons enfraunchesid in the Citie of London.

1602 W. Fulbecke Pandectes 56 If they were enfraunchised of a hundred cities.

a1628 F. Greville Life of Sidney (1651) iv. 53 This (I say) was the first prize which did enfranchise this Master Spirit into the mysteries, and affairs of State.

1656 R. Vines Treat. Lords-supper (1677) 170 He..must submit to the laws and rules of that Corporation he is free of, whether to be enfranchized or disfranchized.

5. To make (a city or town) ‘free’ by charter; to invest (it) with municipal rights. Now chiefly, to invest with the right of being represented in parliament.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > legal right > right of specific class, person, or place > [verb (transitive)] > invest town with rights

enfranchise1564

1564 N. Haward tr. Eutropius Briefe Chron. vi. sig. K.v When he cam into Siria he enfraunchised Seleucia.

1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. i. 17 Verolam-cestre was at this time enfranchised with many Immunities.

1844 Ld. Brougham Brit. Constit. v. 71 She added no less than sixty-two burgh members, chiefly by enfranchising petty burghs.

a. To admit to membership in a body politic or state; to admit to political privileges; †to naturalize (an alien). Now chiefly, to admit to the electoral ‘franchise’ or right of voting for members of parliament.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > legal right > right of specific class, person, or place > [verb (transitive)] > admit to citizen's rights

enfranchise1683

politize1884

society > authority > office > appointment to office > choosing or fact of being chosen for office > election of representative body by vote > right to vote at elections > invest with right to vote [verb (transitive)]

enfranchise1884

1683 Britanniæ Speculum 196 He hath by his Prerogative Power to enfranchise an Alien.

1711 J. Strype Life Abp. Parker anno 1595 (R.) He [Dr. Baro] being an alien, ought to have carried himself quietly and peaceably in a country where he was so humanely harboured and infranchised.

1839 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece (new ed.) II. 74 He is said to have enfranchised not only aliens..but slaves.

1884 Times (Weekly ed.) 26 Sept. 2/1 We want..to enfranchise those great masses of the people.

b. figurative. To naturalize (foreign words; rarely, foreign plants). ? Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > cultivate plants or crops [verb (transitive)] > naturalize foreign plants

enfranchise1601

the mind > language > linguistics > linguistic unit > use or formation of new words or phrases > [verb (transitive)] > borrow from another language > naturalize

enfranchise1601

nativize1948

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 359 Cherry-trees, Peach-trees,..are held for aliens in Italy. Howbeit, some of them now are infranchised and taken for free denizens among vs.

1668 Bp. J. Wilkins Ess. Real Char. i. ii. §2. 8 By enfranchising strange forein words.

1725 I. Watts Logick i. vi. 155 These Words have been..enfranchised amongst us.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	enfranchise
释义	enfranchisev. /ɛnˈfrɑːntʃʌɪz//ɛnˈfrantʃʌɪz//ɛnˈfrɑːntʃɪz//ɛnˈfrantʃɪz/ Forms: 1500s enfraunches(e, enfraunchize, 1600s enfraunchise, enfranchiz, 1500s– enfranchize; also 1500s–1600s infranchese, infranchise, infraunchise. Etymology: < Old French enfranchiss-, lengthened stem of enfranchir , < en (see en- prefix¹) + franc free: see frank adj.² Compare affranchise v.By Johnson regarded as < en- prefix¹ + franchise v. a view of the derivation which has influenced the later use. The pronunciation of enfranchise, affranchise, has from 18th cent. followed the same course as that of franchise: Buchanan (1766), an orthoepist of no great authority, has /-tʃaɪz/ in all three words: Perry (1793) has /-tʃiːz/; Sheridan, Walker (1790) and the majority of later orthoepists, have /-tʃɪz/, but /-tʃaɪz/ reappears in Knowles (1835) and in Ogilvie (1850), and is given as an alternative in many recent dictionaries. I. To admit to personal freedom. 1. a. To admit to freedom, set free (a slave or serf). ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > liberation > set free [verb (transitive)] > from slavery manumitc1455 manumise1523 enfranchise1531 enfranch1581 unthrallc1595 unslavea1618 disenthral1636 unenslave1644 disenslave1649 1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour ii. vii. sig. Qiij^v Thou in a priuate iugement were ouer commen of a poore man, but late infraunchised. 1577 R. Holinshed Hist. Eng. 182/2 in Chron. I He did not only baptise them, but also enfranchised them of all bodily seruitude and bondage. 1636 G. Sandys Paraphr. Psalmes David 1 Sam. ii. 1. 256 Those who served, infranchised. 1776 A. Smith Inq. Wealth of Nations I. iii. ii. 474 A villain enfranchised..could cultivate it [sc. the land] only by means of what the landlord advanced to him. 1876 ‘Ouida’ Moths (1880) III. 119 The Tsar has not enfranchised me. figurative.1548 E. Gest Treat. againste Masse sig. Ivi^v He is both blessed and enfranchised from al travayl.1695 T. Tryon Treat. Dreams & Visions (ed. 2) iii. 37 [The] beginning of each Christians Regeneration..whereby he Infrancheses himself from the world.a1754 W. Hamilton Youngest Grace (R.) Psyche, infranchis'd from all mortal pain.1888 Brit. Weekly 24 Aug. 273/1 The soul..should become mellow and enfranchised. †b. To set free from political subjection. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > liberation > set free [verb (transitive)] > free from legal or political subjection franchisea1325 enfranchisec1600 emancipatea1631 mancipatea1677 c1600 J. Norden Speculum Brit.: Cornwall (1728) 7 Vntill the Britons enfraunchized themselves by a generall reuolte. a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) i. i. 24 Take in that Kingdome, and Infranchise that. View more context for this quotation 1649 J. Milton Observations in Articles of Peace with Irish Rebels 46 To be infranchiz'd with full liberty equall to their Conquerours. 2. a. To release from confinement; chiefly transferred or figurative. (Frequently in Shakespeare.) ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > liberation > set free [verb (transitive)] > from confinement unbindc950 to let freec1000 aletOE to let out1154 loosea1225 slakec1374 loosen1382 to let goc1384 releasec1384 unloosec1400 unlockc1410 dissolvec1420 relievec1450 unloosen?a1475 to set at liberty1509 enlargea1513 to let at large1525 to let loose1530 to turn loose?1566 enfranchise1569 to turn up1573 enfranch1581 unkennel1589 unwind1596 to cast loosec1600 disimmure1611 disimprison1611 unhamper1620 to let abroad1633 unfold1633 disencloister1652 disencage1654 discagea1657 disincarcerate1665 eliminate1745 unspherea1806 unmew1818 unbottle1821 uncage1837 unbag1854 bust1921 1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 773 If you finally refuse to deliuer him, I thinke verily the counsayle will enfraunches hym. 1594 W. Shakespeare Titus Andronicus iv. ii. 124 From your wombe where you imprisoned were, Hee is infraunchised, and come to light. 1598 G. Chapman tr. Homer Seauen Bks. Iliades i. 94 Till her enfranchis'd feet Tread Chrysa under. 1626 T. Hawkins tr. N. Caussin Holy Court I. 160 Break your fetters, enfranchiz your selfe. 1878 S. Cox Salv. Mundi (ed. 3) ix. 201 Liberate and enfranchise that which is good. †b. humorously. To get (a thing) free. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or detachment > loosening or unfastening > loosen, unfasten, or untie [verb (transitive)] > and release loose1382 abandon1582 to cast loosec1600 disengage1662 enfranchise1682 unwhip1683 release1807 1682 T. D'Urfey Butler's Ghost 16 This..Fierce Blade from peaceful sheath he lugs; For, putting chape betwixt his Feet, He, with much ease, Enfranchis'd it. 3. To release from obligatory payments, legal liabilities, etc. to enfranchise a copyhold or leasehold estate: to convert it into freehold. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > tax > taxation > levy (a tax) [verb (transitive)] > exempt or release from enfranchise1594 untax1831 society > law > legal obligation > put under legal obligation [verb (transitive)] > free from legal obligation freitha1400 enfranchise1804 1594 R. Carew tr. J. Huarte Exam. Mens Wits xiii. 220 His house shalbe enfranchised in Israel from all maner tribute. 1804 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. III. 118 The lord of a manor enfranchised a copyhold..and then disputed the right of common with the copyholder he had enfranchised. II. To admit to municipal or political privileges. †4. To make ‘free’ of a municipality or corporation. Const. into. Also figurative. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal right > right of specific class, person, or place > [verb (transitive)] > make free of a municipality or corporation enfranchise1514 1514 Act 5 Hen. VIII c. 6 The crafte and misterye of Surgeons enfraunchesid in the Citie of London. 1602 W. Fulbecke Pandectes 56 If they were enfraunchised of a hundred cities. a1628 F. Greville Life of Sidney (1651) iv. 53 This (I say) was the first prize which did enfranchise this Master Spirit into the mysteries, and affairs of State. 1656 R. Vines Treat. Lords-supper (1677) 170 He..must submit to the laws and rules of that Corporation he is free of, whether to be enfranchized or disfranchized. 5. To make (a city or town) ‘free’ by charter; to invest (it) with municipal rights. Now chiefly, to invest with the right of being represented in parliament. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal right > right of specific class, person, or place > [verb (transitive)] > invest town with rights enfranchise1564 1564 N. Haward tr. Eutropius Briefe Chron. vi. sig. K.v When he cam into Siria he enfraunchised Seleucia. 1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. i. 17 Verolam-cestre was at this time enfranchised with many Immunities. 1844 Ld. Brougham Brit. Constit. v. 71 She added no less than sixty-two burgh members, chiefly by enfranchising petty burghs. 6. a. To admit to membership in a body politic or state; to admit to political privileges; †to naturalize (an alien). Now chiefly, to admit to the electoral ‘franchise’ or right of voting for members of parliament. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal right > right of specific class, person, or place > [verb (transitive)] > admit to citizen's rights enfranchise1683 politize1884 society > authority > office > appointment to office > choosing or fact of being chosen for office > election of representative body by vote > right to vote at elections > invest with right to vote [verb (transitive)] enfranchise1884 1683 Britanniæ Speculum 196 He hath by his Prerogative Power to enfranchise an Alien. 1711 J. Strype Life Abp. Parker anno 1595 (R.) He [Dr. Baro] being an alien, ought to have carried himself quietly and peaceably in a country where he was so humanely harboured and infranchised. 1839 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece (new ed.) II. 74 He is said to have enfranchised not only aliens..but slaves. 1884 Times (Weekly ed.) 26 Sept. 2/1 We want..to enfranchise those great masses of the people. b. figurative. To naturalize (foreign words; rarely, foreign plants). ? Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > cultivate plants or crops [verb (transitive)] > naturalize foreign plants enfranchise1601 the mind > language > linguistics > linguistic unit > use or formation of new words or phrases > [verb (transitive)] > borrow from another language > naturalize enfranchise1601 nativize1948 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 359 Cherry-trees, Peach-trees,..are held for aliens in Italy. Howbeit, some of them now are infranchised and taken for free denizens among vs. 1668 Bp. J. Wilkins Ess. Real Char. i. ii. §2. 8 By enfranchising strange forein words. 1725 I. Watts Logick i. vi. 155 These Words have been..enfranchised amongst us. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < v.1514
随便看	etc pay dirt etc penance etc perdu etc permitting etc plucked 'un etc plucked one etc poor-mouth etc poormouth etc press etc price of etc price upon etc promise etc purpose etc quit etc rays etc reach etc residue etc response etc right etc room is better than etc company etc round one's finger etc round one's little finger etc scot-free etc scotfree etc second rule