enslave Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb make a slave of; bring into servitude

WordNet


En*slave" transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Enslaved ; present participle & verbal noun Enslaving
Definitions
  1. To reduce to slavery; to make a slave of; to subject to a dominant influence.
    The conquer'd, also, and enslaved by war, Shall, with their freedom lost, all virtue lose. Milton.
    Pleasure admitted in undue degree Enslaves the will. Cowper.

Webster 1913