Part 3778

<h1>Enform</h1> <Xpage=492>

<hw>En*form"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>enformer</ets>. See <er>Inform</er>.]</ety> <def>To form; to fashion.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<h1>Enfouldred</h1> <Xpage=492>

<hw>En*foul"dred</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>en-</ets> + OF. <ets>fouldre</ets>, <ets>foldre</ets>, lightning, F. <ets>foudre</ets>, L. <ets>fulgur</ets>.]</ety> <def>Mixed with, or emitting, lightning.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "With foul <i>enfouldred</i> smoke."

<i>Spenser.</i>

<h1>Enframe</h1> <Xpage=492>

<hw>En*frame"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To inclose, as in a frame.</def>

<h1>Enfranchise</h1> <Xpage=492>

<hw>En*fran"chise</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Enfranchised</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Enfranchising</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Pref. <ets>en-</ets> + <ets>franchise</ets>: cf. F. <ets>enfranchir</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To set free; to liberate from slavery, prison, or any binding power.</def>

<i>Bacon.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To endow with a franchise; to incorporate into a body politic and thus to invest with civil and political privileges; to admit to the privileges of a freeman.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To receive as denizens; to naturalize; <as>as, to <ex>enfranchise</ex> foreign words</as>.</def>

<i>I. Watts.</i>

<h1>Enfranchisement</h1> <Xpage=492>

<hw>En*fran"chise*ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Releasing from slavery or custody.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Admission to the freedom of a corporation or body politic; investiture with the privileges of free citizens.</def>

<cs><col>Enfranchisement of copyhold</col> <fld>(Eng. Law)</fld>, <cd>the conversion of a copyhold estate into a freehold.</cd></cs>

<i>Mozley & W.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Enfranchiser</h1> <Xpage=492>

<hw>En*fran"chis*er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who enfranchises.</def>

<h1>Enfree</h1> <Xpage=492>

<hw>En*free"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To set free.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "The <i>enfreed</i> Antenor."

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Enfreedom</h1> <Xpage=492>