enslave

  • 1enslave — index force (coerce), impose (subject), subject, subjugate Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 2Enslave — En*slave , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Enslaved}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Enslaving}.] To reduce to slavery; to make a slave of; to subject to a dominant influence. [1913 Webster] The conquer d, also, and enslaved by war, Shall, with their freedom lost, all… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 3enslave — 1640s, from EN (Cf. en ) (1) make, put in + SLAVE (Cf. slave). Related: Enslaved; enslaving …

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  • 4enslave — [v] make someone a servant bind, capture, chain, check, circumscribe, coerce, compel, confine, deprive, disenfranchise, disfranchise, dominate, enchain, enclose, enthrall, fetter, get hooks into*, hobble, hold, immure, imprison, incarcerate,… …

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  • 5enslave — ► VERB 1) make (someone) a slave. 2) cause (someone) to lose freedom of choice or action. DERIVATIVES enslavement noun enslaver noun …

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  • 6enslave — [en slāv′, inslāv′] vt. enslaved, enslaving 1. to put into slavery; make a slave of 2. to dominate; subjugate enslavement n. enslaver n …

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  • 7enslave — [[t]ɪnsle͟ɪv[/t]] enslaves, enslaving, enslaved 1) VERB To enslave someone means to make them into a slave. [be V ed] They ve been enslaved and had to do what they were told... [V n] I d die myself before I d let anyone enslave your folk ever… …

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  • 8enslave — UK [ɪnˈsleɪv] / US verb [transitive] Word forms enslave : present tense I/you/we/they enslave he/she/it enslaves present participle enslaving past tense enslaved past participle enslaved 1) to make someone a slave 2) if a feeling or idea enslaves …

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  • 9enslave — en•slave [[t]ɛnˈsleɪv[/t]] v. t. slaved, slav•ing to make a slave or slaves of; reduce to or as if to slavery: to enslave a people; enslaved by drugs[/ex] • Etymology: 1635–45 en•slave′ment, n. en•slav′er, n …

    From formal English to slang

  • 10enslave — transitive verb Date: 1628 to reduce to or as if to slavery ; subjugate • enslavement noun • enslaver noun …

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