affranchise
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From late Middle English affranchysen, from Old French afranchiss-, long stem of afranchir (modern French affranchir), from a- + franchir (“to free”).[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
affranchise (third-person singular simple present affranchises, present participle affranchising, simple past and past participle affranchised)
- (transitive) To free from obligation, servitude or service.
- Eventually, the intention was that they should affranchise all the slaves.
References[edit]
- ^ “affranchise”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present, reproduced from Stuart Berg Flexner, editor in chief, Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2nd edition, New York, N.Y.: Random House, 1993, →ISBN.