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- Dictionaryenslave/ɪnˈsleɪv/
verb
- 1. make (someone) a slave: "the practice of enslaving prisoners of war eventually died out"
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to force someone to remain in a bad situation : Women in this region were enslaved by poverty. to make a slave of someone: The early settlers enslaved or killed much of the native population. literary. to control someone's actions, thoughts, emotions, or life completely: We are increasingly enslaved by technology. Guilt enslaved her.
to force someone to remain in a bad situation : Women in this region were enslaved by poverty. to make a slave of someone: The early settlers enslaved or killed much of the native population. literary. to control someone's actions, thoughts, emotions, or life completely: We are increasingly enslaved by technology. Guilt enslaved her.
: held involuntarily and forced under threat of violence or death to work without pay for the profit of another. … a trove of historical records—birth registries, bills of sale, manumissions, wills and estate inventories—to demonstrate that in the late 1700s and early 1800s, dozens of enslaved people lived in what's now Cedar Grove …
The meaning of ENSLAVE is to force into or as if into slavery : subjugate. How to use enslave in a sentence.
Enslaved definition: made a slave; held in slavery or bondage. See examples of ENSLAVED used in a sentence.
to force someone to remain in a bad situation : Women in this region were enslaved by poverty. to make a slave of someone: The early settlers enslaved or killed much of the native population. literary. to control someone's actions, thoughts, emotions, or life completely: We are increasingly enslaved by technology. Guilt enslaved her.
To enslave someone is to force that person to work for no pay, to obey commands, and to lose his or her freedom. The ancient Greeks were known to enslave groups of people they defeated in military battles.
Enslave definition: to make a slave of; hold (someone) in slavery or bondage. See examples of ENSLAVE used in a sentence.
verb. /ɪnˈsleɪv/ [usually passive] Verb Forms. enslave somebody to make somebody the property of another person who they are forced to work for and obey. enslaved people. Americans whose ancestors were enslaved. organized crime groups who traffic and enslave people. Questions about grammar and vocabulary?
To enslave a person or society means to trap them in a situation from which they cannot escape. ...the various cultures, cults and religions that have enslaved human beings for untold years. [VERB noun] It would be a tragedy if both sexes were enslaved to the god of work. [be VERB -ed + to] [ Also VERB noun + to] More Synonyms of enslave.
