franchising

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franchising - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Franchise \Fran"chise\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Franchised; p. pr.
     & vb. n. Franchising.] [Cf. OF. franchir to free, F., to
     cross.]
     To make free; to enfranchise; to give liberty to. --Shak.
     [1913 Webster]