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English
Etymology
From late Middle English affranchysen, from Old French afranchiss-, long stem of afranchir (modern French affranchir), from a- + franchir (“to free”).[1]
Pronunciation
Verb
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
- ^ “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.