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enslave verb [ ɪnˈsleɪv ]

• make (someone) a slave.
• "the practice of enslaving prisoners of war eventually died out"
Similar: sell into slavery, condemn to slavery, disenfranchise, condemn to servitude, subject to forced labour, subjugate, hegemonize, suppress, tyrannize, oppress, dominate, exploit, persecute, enthral, bind, yoke,
Opposite: liberate, emancipate,
Origin: early 17th century (in the sense ‘make (a person) subject to a superstition, passion, etc.’; formerly also as inslave ): from en-1, in-2 (as an intensifier) + slave.


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