Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To make free; enfranchise.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To make free; to enfranchise.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To
free fromobligation orservice .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb grant freedom to; as from slavery or servitude
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Examples
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Dare, then, to affranchise thyself from the trammels of superstition, my self-conceited, pragmatic rival, who mistakes my rights; renounce those empty theories, which are usurpers of my privileges; return under the dominion of my laws, which, however severe, are mild in comparison with those of bigotry.
The System of Nature, Volume 2 Paul Henri Thiry Holbach 1756
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Find the objects no longer needed, release the memory the objects occupied, and affranchise memory occupied by unmanaged resources.
博客园首页 mikelij 2009
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n. - divine breath; inspiration. afflation, n. act of breathing upon; inspiration. affranchise v. - liberate from servitude, debt etc.
xml's Blinklist.com 2008
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