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Webster 1913 Edition


Disenthrall

Disˊen-thrall′

,
Verb.
T.
[See
Enthrall
.]
To release from thralldom or slavery; to give freedom to; to disinthrall.
[Written also
disenthral
.]
Milton.

Definition 2024


disenthrall

disenthrall

English

Verb

disenthrall (third-person singular simple present disenthralls, present participle disenthralling, simple past and past participle disenthralled)

  1. (transitive) To free from slavery or captivation.
    • 2008 March 30, Peter Applebome, “Applying Gandhi’s Ideas to Climate Change”, in New York Times:
      He noted Gandhi’s sense of satyagraha and a statement of Lincoln’s during the depths of the Civil War: “We must disenthrall ourselves, and then we shall save our country.”