Dictionary

enslave en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ɪnˈsleɪv/
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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Old French en-bor. Middle English en- English en- substrateder.? Proto-Indo-European *ḱlewH-der.? Proto-Slavic *slov- Proto-Slavic *-ǫta Proto-Slavic *Slov-? Proto-Balto-Slavic *-ēnas Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Slavic *-inъ Proto-Slavic *-ěninъ Proto-Slavic *slověninъder. Ancient Greek Σκλαβηνός (Sklabēnós)der. Byzantine Greek Σκλᾰ́βος (Sklắbos)bor. Late Latin Sclavus Medieval Latin sclavusbor. Old French esclavebor. Middle English sclave English slave English enslave From en- + slave.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall.
   • The Vice-Premier described the Republic of China as not only an obstacle to Communist aggression, but an alternative to communism. He went on to say that if the Chinese Communists were permitted to enslave the Chinese people on the mainland in perpetuity, there could be no peace or security in Asia—or, for that matter, in the rest of the world—for a long, long time. 1983, James C. H. Shen, “Signs of Change”, in Robert Myers, editor, The U.S. & Free China: How the U.S. Sold Out Its Ally, Washington, D.C.: Acropolis Books Ltd., →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 52–53:
   • The migrants will be enslaved once they're no longer useful to the oligarchs; make no mistake about that.
   • Selling them whiskey and taking their gold. Enslaving the young and destroying the old. 1982, Iron Maiden, “Run to the Hills”:
   • He and his polite friends would dress themselves out with as much care in order to go and dine at each other’s rooms, as other folks would who were going to enslave a mistress. 1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 19, in The History of Pendennis. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1849–1850, →OCLC:

Forms

Deriveds

disenslave · enslavedness · reenslave · unenslaved · unenslave · enslavement · enslavable · enslaver · enslaveable

Relateds

slave · slavery · slavened

Synonyms

bethrall · enslaven · enthrall · beslave

Translations (70)

hy ստրկացնել (to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall) · sv förslava (to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall) · gd daor (to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall) · fr esclavager (to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall) · ja 奴隷にする (to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall) · el υποδουλώνω (to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall) · ru поработи́ть (to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall) · fr réduire en esclavage (to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall) · vi nô dịch (to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall) · hu rabszolgává tesz (to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall) · be заняво́льваць (to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall) · la servum faciō (to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall) · km ដាក់ជាទាសករ (to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall) · ga daor (to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall) · ar اِسْتَعْبَدَ (to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall) · eo sklavigi (to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall) · tr köleleştirmek (to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall) · sh поробља́вати (to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall) · uk понево́лити (to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall) · mi whakamōkai (to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall) · fi orjuuttaa (to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall) · az kölə halına salmaq (to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall) · sl zasužnjevati (to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall) · ro înrobi (to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall) · mk пороби (to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall) · pt escravizar (to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall) · mk поробува (to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall) · cs zotročit (to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall) · ko 노예로 만들다 (to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall) · gl escravizar (to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall) · es esclavizar (to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall) · bg поро́бя (to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall) · nl knechten (to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall) · ro aservi (to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall) · sh поробљи́вати (to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall) · mi whakapononga (to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall) · non þrælka (to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall) · sh poròbiti (to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall) · az kölələşdirmək (to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall) · grc ἀνδραποδίζω (to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall) · sh поро̀бити (to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall) · sl zasužnjiti (to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall) · sh porobljávati (to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall) · pl zniewalać (to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall) · fr asservir (to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall) · it asservire (to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall) · da gøre til slave (to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall) · sk zotročovať (to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall) · bg поро́бвам (to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall) · sh porobljívati (to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall) · ru порабоща́ть (to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall) · got 𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌸𐌹𐍅𐌰𐌽 (to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall) · pl zniewolić (to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall) · az qullaşdırmaq (to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall) · sk zotročiť (to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall) · da slavebinde (to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall) · ro robi (to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall) · cs zotročovat (to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall) · enm thrallen (to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall) · mi whakataurekareka (to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall) · de versklaven (to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall) · ar اِسْتَرَقَّ (to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall) · cmn 奴役 (to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall) · grc δουλόω (to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall) · et orjastama (to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall) · az qul etmək (to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall) · ca esclavitzar (to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall) · az əsarət altına almaq (to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall) · uk понево́лювати (to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall) · be заняво́ліць (to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall)