Enslave
[ɪn'sleɪv;en-] or [ɪn'slev]
Definition
(v. t.) To reduce to slavery; to make a slave of; to subject to a dominant influence.
Typist: Molly
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Reduce to bondage, deprive of liberty.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Captivate, charm, subjugate, enthrall
ANT:repel, disgust, alienate, estrange, liberate, manumit, disenthrall
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Definition
v.t. to make a slave of: to subject to the influence of.—p.adj. Enslaved′.—ns. Enslave′ment act of enslaving: state of being enslaved: slavery: bondage; Enslav′er.
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Examples
- They will use friendly correction, but will not enslave or destroy their opponents; they will be correctors, not enemies? Plato. The Republic.
- And they would survive to enslave thee again. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- During this _blessed_ management, the king had entered into a secret league with France to render himself absolute and enslave his subjects. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Do you think it right that Hellenes should enslave Hellenic States, or allow others to enslave them, if they can help? Plato. The Republic.
- Beginning with the State, I replied, would you say that a city which is governed by a tyrant is free or enslaved? Plato. The Republic.
- And the State which is enslaved under a tyrant is utterly incapable of acting voluntarily? Plato. The Republic.
- Shall Hellenes be enslaved? Plato. The Republic.
- Yes, he said, I see that there are--a few; but the people, speaking generally, and the best of them are miserably degraded and enslaved. Plato. The Republic.
- No city, he said, can be more completely enslaved. Plato. The Republic.
- A woman's standard of truthfulness was tacitly held to be lower: she was the subject creature, and versed in the arts of the enslaved. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- Which was not much; but the tone added, 'You have enslaved your Fledgeby. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- All the arguments urged in favour of negro slavery are applied with equal force to justify the plundering and enslaving of Europeans. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- It was Alexander who was outraging and plundering and enslaving all Thebes. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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