affranchise

动词 v.

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To free from obligation, servitude or service. transitive
    — Eventually, the intention was that they should affranchise all the slaves.

词形变化

affranchises present,singular,third-person affranchising participle,present affranchised participle,past affranchised past affranchize alternative,nonstandard

词源

From late Middle English affranchysen, from Old French afranchiss-, long stem of afranchir (modern French affranchir), from a- + franchir (“to free”). By surface analysis, af- + franchise.
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