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Affranchise

//əˈfɹænˌt͡ʃaɪz// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To free from obligation, servitude or service. transitive

    "Eventually, the intention was that they should affranchise all the slaves."

  2. 2
    grant freedom to; as from slavery or servitude wordnet

Etymology

From late Middle English affranchysen, from Old French afranchiss-, long stem of afranchir (modern French affranchir), from a- + franchir (“to free”). By surface analysis, af- + franchise.

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