1.  enfranchise(v = verb.social) affranchise - grant freedom to; as from slavery or servitude; "Slaves were enfranchised in the mid-19th century"
is one way to liberate, set free
Derived form noun enfranchisement₁
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s somebody

2.  enfranchise(v = verb.social) - grant voting rights;
is one way to accord, allot, grant
Antonym: disenfranchise
Derived form noun enfranchisement₂
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s somebody

1.  To set free; to liberate from slavery, prison, or any binding power. Bacon. [1913 Webster]

2.  To endow with a franchise; to incorporate into a body politic and thus to invest with civil and political privileges; to admit to the privileges of a freeman; to give the right to vote. [1913 Webster]

3.  To receive as denizens; to naturalize; as, to enfranchise foreign words. I. Watts. [1913 Webster]

enfranchise, v.tr.
1 give (a person) the right to vote.
2 give (a town) municipal rights, esp. that of representation in parliament.
3 hist. free (a slave, villein, etc.).

Derivative:
enfranchisement n.

Etymology:
OF enfranchir (as EN-(1), franc franche FRANK)

VB  be free, have scope, have the run of, have one's own way, have a will of one's own, have one's fling, do what one likes, do what one wishes, do what one pleases, do what one chooses, go at large, feel at home, paddle one's own canoe, stand on one's legs, stand on one's rights, shift for oneself, take a liberty, make free with, make oneself quite at home, use a freedom, take leave, take French leave, set free, give a loose to, allow scope, to, give scope, to, give a horse his head, make free of, give the freedom of, give the franchise, enfranchise, affranchise, laisser faire, laisser aller, live and let live, leave to oneself, leave alone, let alone.

VB  liberate, free, set free, set clear, set at liberty, render free, emancipate, release, enfranchise, affranchise, manumit, enlarge, disband, discharge, disenthrall, disenthral, dismiss, let go, let loose, loose, let out, let slip, cast adrift, turn adrift, deliver, absolve, unfetter &c, untie, loose, loosen, relax, unbolt, unbar, unclose, uncork, unclog, unhand, unbind, unchain, unharness, unleash, disengage, disentangle, clear, extricate, unloose, gain one's liberty, obtain one's liberty, acquire one's liberty, get rid of, get clear of, deliver oneself from, shake off the yoke, slip the collar, break loose, break prison, tear asunder one's bonds, cast off trammels, escape.

VB  permit, give permission, give power, let, allow, admit, suffer, bear with, tolerate, recognize, concede, accord, vouchsafe, favor, humor, gratify, indulge, stretch a point, wink at, connive at, shut one's eyes to, grant, empower, charter, enfranchise, privilege, confer a privilege, license, authorize, warrant, sanction, intrust, give carte blanche, give the reins to, give scope to, leave alone, leave it to one, leave the door open, open the door to, open the flood gates, give a loose to, let off, absolve, release, exonerate, dispense with, ask permission, beg permission, request permission, ask leave, beg leave, request leave.