effranchise, v.
(ɛˈfrɑːntʃaɪz, -æ-)
[corresp. formally to OF. effranchiss-, effranchir, f. es- (:—L. ex-) out + franc free; but perh. the Eng. word may be a recent formation from the same elements. Cf. affranchise, enfranchise.]
To invest with franchises or privileges.
| 1864 in Webster; and in mod. Dicts. |
Hence eˈffranchisement, the action of effranchising; the state of being effranchised.
| 1795 tr. Mercier's Fragm. Pol. & Hist. II. 436 The subsidies they [the Romans] demanded from them [the provinces] were on the condition of effranchisement. |