affranchise
verb (used with object)
to free from a state of dependence, servitude, or obligation.
affranchisement
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a word derived from
affranchise.
Example Sentences
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We can even now describe this affranchisement, so well is the American method known.
From The Uprising of a Great People The United States in 1861. to Which is Added a Word of Peace on the Difference Between England the United States. by Mary L. (Mary Louise) Booth
In this case, again, the question of affranchisement will have made vast strides.
From The Uprising of a Great People The United States in 1861. to Which is Added a Word of Peace on the Difference Between England the United States. by Mary L. (Mary Louise) Booth
Before witnessing the affranchisement of the slaves, we shall, therefore, witness the affranchisement of American politics.
From The Uprising of a Great People The United States in 1861. to Which is Added a Word of Peace on the Difference Between England the United States. by Mary L. (Mary Louise) Booth
The number of free men is very considerable; the Spanish laws and customs being favourable to affranchisement.
From Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1 by Thomasina Ross
Then, after the substitution of the Rosa mystica for the mystic lily, tentatively there began an affranchisement of communes, of women and of thought.
From Historia Amoris: A History of Love, Ancient and Modern by Edgar Saltus
