Enthrall
[ɪn'θrɔːl]
Definition
(v. t.) To hold in thrall; to enslave. See Inthrall.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [Written also Inthrall.] Enslave, reduce to servitude, put under restraint.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
[See ENSLAVE]
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Examples
- After an interval of suspense on my part that was quite enthralling and almost painful, I saw his hand appear on the other side of Miss Skiffins. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Nothing could withstand them in the fever of battle lust which enthralled them. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- His characteristic talk, with its keen observance of detail and subtle power of inference held me amused and enthralled. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
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