v. Obs. Also 6 enfraunch, 7 infranch. [a. AF. enfraunch-er, f. en- in + franc free.] = ENFRANCHISE.
Hence Enfranched ppl. a.
1581. Marbeck, Bk. of Notes, 193. By him we be enfraunched from the captivitie and thraldome of the Divell.
1606. Shaks., Ant. & Cl., III. xiii. 149. He has Hiparchus, my enfranched Bondman, whom He may at pleasure whip.
1621. Quarles, Argalus & P. (1678), 55. The sovereigntie of thy worth infranches Thy captive beautie.
1633. P. Fletcher, Purple Isl., IX. xliii. 132. Little caps, and shaved head … infranched bondmens guise.
