enfranchisement
- n freedom from political subjugation or servitude
- n a statutory right or privilege granted to a person or group by a government (especially the rights of citizenship and the right to vote)
- n the act of certifying or bestowing a franchise on
engagement
- n a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war
he lost his romantic ideas about war when he got into a real engagement - n a meeting arranged in advance
- n a mutual promise to marry
- n the act of giving someone a job
- n employment for performers or performing groups that lasts for a limited period of time
- n contact by fitting together
the engagement of the clutch - n the act of sharing in the activities of a group
the teacher tried to increase his students' engagement in class activities
engelbert humperdinck
- n German composer of six operas and other incidental music (1854-1921)
engelmann's spruce
- n tall spruce of Rocky Mountains and British Columbia with blue-green needles and acutely conic crown; wood used for rough lumber and boxes
engelmann spruce
- n tall spruce of Rocky Mountains and British Columbia with blue-green needles and acutely conic crown; wood used for rough lumber and boxes