Definition of "enfranchises" [enfranchises]

• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of enfranchise. (verb)

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• "But the right of recall enfranchises voters in a manner consistent with Justice Kennedy's concurrence and the views of a majority of the Court."
• "Concrete answers are notably absent at the Wall Street rallies, so let me suggest this starting point: we must support an omnibus democracy agenda that both reduces the role of money in elections and politics, and enfranchises and protects voters so that our democracy enjoys full participation."
• "Joseph Wright did not take an active part in the debates, but he was part of a group that subscribed to a memorandum opposing the draft constitution on the grounds that it “enfranchises a class of inhabitants totally incapable of self-government” and “will deliver over to stolid and brutish ignorance the political control of the State,” and “encourages the social equality of the white and black races.”"