| Front | affranchise \uh-FRAN-chyz\ |
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| Back | verb To make or set free. [From Old French franchise, from franche, feminine of franc (free), from Latin francus (free). Franchise and enfranchise are synonyms of this word.] "Military life did not agree with his contemplative nature, and Al-Salih eventually requested that the sultan grant him his freedom so that he could devote himself to prayer. Having been affranchised, he went back to Tabriz." - Pascale Ghazaleh; Digging for Paradise; Al-Ahram Weekly (Cairo, Egypt); Oct 19, 2000. |
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