English Explanatory Dictionary

enslave

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall.

Pronunciation

/ɪnˈsleɪv/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-enslave.wav

Word forms

enslave enslaves enslaving enslaved inslave

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Old French en-bor. Middle English en- English en- Proto-Slavic *slověninъder. Byzantine Greek Σκλᾰ́βος (Sklắbos)der. Late Latin Sclavus Medieval Latin sclavusbor. Old French esclavebor. Middle English sclave English slave English enslave From en- + slave.

Synonyms

beslave bethrall enslaven enthrall

Related words

slave slavened slavery

Derived words

disenslave enslavable enslaveable enslavedness enslavement enslaver reenslave unenslave unenslaved
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