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Antonyms for disfranchise


Grammar : Verb
Spell : dis-fran-chahyz
Phonetic Transcription : dɪsˈfræn tʃaɪz



Definition of disfranchise

  • As in disqualify : verb be unfit for; be ineligible
  • As in enslave : verb make someone a servant
Example sentences :
  • When the work is done, it is unfair to disfranchise any of the participants.
  • Extract from : « Women and the Alphabet » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
  • To disfranchise women is deliberately to turn from knowledge and grope in ignorance.
  • Extract from : « Darkwater » by W. E. B. Du Bois
  • The Democrats, seeing this, are now determined to disfranchise them.
  • Extract from : « The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 1 of 2) » by Ida Husted Harper
  • Thomas Jones dared him to combat by accusing Ministers of seeking to disfranchise Ireland by corrupt means.
  • Extract from : « William Pitt and the Great War » by John Holland Rose
  • He would support a bill to disfranchise Dudley, and support another to enfranchise Old Sarum.
  • Extract from : « The Curiosities of Dudley and the Black Country, From 1800 to 1860 » by C. F. G. Clark
  • The laws were so arranged as effectually to disfranchise those who had no property.
  • Extract from : « History of the Great American Fortunes, Vol. I » by Myers Gustavus
  • Its purport is to disfranchise all the people of color who were citizens of the free states.
  • Extract from : « Memoir of the Life of John Quincy Adams. » by Josiah Quincy
  • The effect of putting them under admonition was to disfranchise them; it was one of Cotton's ingenuities of the sanctuary.
  • Extract from : « The Beginners of a Nation » by Edward Eggleston.
  • He wanted a special commission to disfranchise such persons.
  • Extract from : « Civil War and Reconstruction in Alabama » by Walter L. Fleming
  • He was not afraid that at some distant period the blacks of the South would rise and disfranchise the whites.
  • Extract from : « History of Woman Suffrage, Volume III (of III) » by Various

Synonyms for disfranchise

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