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Webster 1913 Edition
Enslave
En-slave′
,Verb.
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.
The conquer’d, also, and
Shall, with their freedom lost, all virtue lose.
enslaved
by war,Shall, with their freedom lost, all virtue lose.
Milton.
Pleasure admitted in undue degree
Enslaves
the will. Cowper.
Webster 1828 Edition
Enslave
ENSLA'VE
,Verb.
T.
1.
To reduce to servitude or subjection. Men often suffer their passions and appetites to enslave them. They are enslaved to lust, to anger, to intemperance, to avarice.Definition 2024
enslave
enslave
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Verb
enslave (third-person singular simple present enslaves, present participle enslaving, simple past and past participle enslaved)
- (transitive) To make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall.
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to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall
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