v. [corresp. formally to OF. effranchiss-, effranchir, f. es- (:—L. ex-) out + franc free; but perh. the Eng. word may be a recent formation from the same elements. Cf. AFFRANCHISE, ENFRANCHISE.] To invest with franchises or privileges.
1864. in Webster; and in mod. Dicts.
Hence Effranchisement, the action of effranchising; the state of being effranchised.
1795. trans. Mercier’s Fragm. Pol. & Hist., II. 436. The subsidies they [the Romans] demanded from them [the provinces] were on the condition of effranchisement.
