enfranchised, ppl. a.
(ɛnˈfrɑːntʃɪzd, -ˈfræn-, -tʃaɪzd)
[f. enfranchise v. + -ed1.]
In senses of the verb.
| 1579–80 North Plutarch 531 (R.) Fabius Rullus..put from the senate certain bondmen infranchised. 1598 Chapman Iliad i. 94 Till her enfranchis'd feet Tread Chrysa under. 1643 Milton Divorce xiii. (1851) 54 The enfranchiz'd life and soul of man. a 1720 Sheffield (Dk. Buckhm.) Wks. (1753) I. 49 Where the enfranchis'd soul at ease can play. a 1845 Barham Ingol. Leg. (1877) 15 Many a mischievous enfranchised Sprite Had long since burst his bonds of stone or lead. 1884 Gladstone in Standard 29 Feb. 2/5 Enfranchised occupiers of buildings of 10l. clear annual value. |