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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.
noun. … the continued enslavement of millions of human beings after President Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation. Juan Cole. sexual/economic enslavement. enslaver noun. plural enslavers. British goods were shipped to Africa to be exchanged for enslaved captives, who were sold to enslavers in British colonies … Matthew Stallard and Aamna Mohdin.
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.
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 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 ]
Enslave Sentence Examples. She was going to help him enslave humanity. Enslave all intelligent life to unify them all. Yet he could still gather a force which enabled him to seize Segesta, to slay or enslave the whole population, and to settle the city with new inhabitants.
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
Define enslave. enslave synonyms, enslave pronunciation, enslave translation, English dictionary definition of enslave. tr.v. en·slaved , en·slav·ing , en·slaves To make into or as if into a slave. en·slave′ment n. en·slav′er n.
1. To enslave someone means to make them into a slave. [...] 2. To enslave a person or society means to trap them in a situation from which they cannot escape. [...] More. Pronunciations of 'enslave' American English: ɪnsleɪv British English: ɪnsleɪv. More. Conjugations of 'enslave' present simple: I enslave, you enslave [...]
