Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for DIS-FRAN'CHISE
DIS-FRAN'CHISE, v.t. [dis and franchise.]
To deprive of the rights and privileges of a free citizen; to deprive of chartered rights and immunities; to deprive of any franchise, as of the right of voting in elections, &c. – Blackstone.
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