ppl. a. [f. prec. + -ED.] Freed, set at liberty.
1495. Caxton, Vitas Patr. (W. de Worde), I. cliii. 158/2. Fyrst bonde & sith afraunchised, and made free.
1611. Cotgr., Main-mis, an affranchised person; one that is freed from seruitude.
1863. Gilchrist, Life of W. Blake, I. 100. The affranchised tree consequently bore a luxurious crop of leaves.
