enfranchise

verb

Etymology: From Old French enfranchir (“to set free, enfranchise”), from en- (“in”) + franchir (“to set free”), equivalent to en- + franchise.

1. To grant the franchise to an entity, specifically:
2. To grant the franchise to an entity, specifically:
3. To grant the franchise to an entity, specifically:

   “Parental control had been so decisive in Louisa's case that marriage bonds had not hitherto enfranchised her from the former; she, therefore, at the proper time of light, appeared on the arm of Signor Riccardini, and laid her purse on the lap of her mother (who she knew had at least three hundred pounds in possession), at the risk of being deemed extravagant by her husband.”

4. to convert a copyhold estate into a freehold estate