| 单词 |
disenfranchise |
| 释义 |
disenˈfranchise, v. [f. dis- 6 + enfranchise v. II.] 1. trans. To deprive of civil or electoral privileges; to disfranchise.
1664Butler Hud. ii. ii. 708 And they, in mortal Battel vanquish'd, Are of their Charter dis-enfranchis'd. 1739H. Brooke Gustavus Vasa (Jod.), That nature..Shall disenfranchise all her lordly race. 1893Lydia H. Dickinson in Barrows Parl. Relig. I. 507 There could..be no legal act disenfranchising woman, since she was never legally enfranchised. †2. [f. dis- 5, or error.] To set free, liberate, enfranchise. Obs. rare.
1626T. H. Caussin's Holy Crt. 153 A cruell Tyranny, from whence she may with a litle courage disinfranchize herselfe. 1654Ld. Orrery Parthenissa (1676) 360, I resolv'd my self not a little disenfranchis'd from that obligation. Hence disenˈfranchising ppl. a. and vbl. n.; also † disenˈfranchisement Obs.
1721Bailey, Disenfranchisement, a being disfranchised. 1865Morn. Star 9 May, This..is not an enfranchising, but a disenfranchising measure. |

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