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inslave en · VERB

Etymology

From in- + slave.

Meanings

1. (alt-of, archaic) Archaic form of enslave.
   alt of enslave
   • Thus Sin is the House of Bondage. Israel was not so inslaved in the Iron Furnace, as the Sinner is by Sin. 1741, Thomas Watson, A Body of Practical Divinity:
   • But if, elated with the idea of her own strength, G. Britain should ever determine to inslave America, it is more than probable that she would have more difficulties to encounter with than she at present apprehends. 1766, The Scots Magazine, volume 28, page 691:
   • Are you sensible what you are doing, when, for some small favour, or sordid gratification, you sell your votes to such as want to inslave your country […] 1853, William D. Cooke, Revolutionary History of North Carolina, in three lectures:

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