enfranchised
— Adjective
– English
~ endowed with the rights of citizenship especially the right to vote
enfranchisement
— Noun
– English
~ freedom from political subjugation or servitude
enfranchisement
— Noun
– English
~ the act of certifying or bestowing a franchise on
enfranchisement
— Noun
– English
~ a statutory right or privilege granted to a person or group by a government (especially the rights of citizenship and the right to vote)
engage
— Verb
– English
~ engage or hire for work; "They hired two new secretaries in the department"; "How many people has she employed?"
engage
— Verb
– English
~ ask to represent; of legal counsel; "I'm retaining a lawyer"
engage
— Verb
– English
~ consume all of one's attention or time; "Her interest in butterflies absorbs her completely"
engage
— Verb
– English
~ carry out or participate in an activity; be involved in; "She pursued many activities"; "They engaged in a discussion"
engage
— Verb
– English
~ hire for work or assistance; "engage aid, help, services, or support"
engage
— Verb
– English
~ get caught; "make sure the gear is engaged"
engage
— Verb
– English
~ carry on (wars, battles, or campaigns); "Napoleon and Hitler waged war against all of Europe"
engage
— Verb
– English
~ engage for service under a term of contract; "We took an apartment on a quiet street"; "Let's rent a car"; "Shall we take a guide in Rome?"
engage
— Verb
– English
~ keep engaged; "engaged the gears"
engaged
— Adjective
– English
~ (used of toothed parts or gears) interlocked and interacting; "the gears are engaged"; "meshed gears"; "intermeshed twin rotors"
engaged
— Adjective
– English
~ reserved in advance
engaged
— Adjective
– English
~ built against or attached to a wall; "engaged columns"
engaged
— Adjective
– English
~ having services contracted for; "the carpenter engaged (or employed) for the job is sick"
engaged
— Adjective
– English
~ having ones attention or mind or energy engaged; "she keeps herself fully occupied with volunteer activities"; "deeply engaged in conversation"
engaged
— Adjective
– English
~ (of facilities such as telephones or lavatories) unavailable for use by anyone else or indicating unavailability; (`engaged' is a British term for a busy telephone line); "her line is busy"; "receptionists' telephones are always engaged"; "the lavatory is in use"; "kept getting a busy signal"