enslave

English

Alternative forms

• inslave (archaic)

Etymology

en- +‎ slave

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪv

Verb

enslave (third-person singular simple present enslaves, present participle enslaving, simple past and past participle enslaved)

1. (transitive) To make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall.
   • 1982, Iron Maiden, Run to the Hills

     Selling them whiskey and taking their gold.
     Enslaving the young and destroying the old.

Synonyms

• beslave, bethrall, enslaven

Related terms

• slave
• slavened
• slavery

Translations

to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall

• Armenian: ստրկացնել (hy) (strkacʿnel)
• Bulgarian: поробвам (bg) (porobvam)
• Catalan: esclavitzar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 奴役 (zh) (núyì)

• Czech: zotročit
• Dutch: knechten (nl)
• Esperanto: sklavigi
• Finnish: orjuuttaa (fi)
• French: asservir (fr), esclavagiser (fr)
• Galician: escravizar (gl)
• German: versklaven (de)
• Greek: υποδουλώνω (el) (ypodoulóno)

  Ancient: δουλόω (doulóō)

• Irish: daor
• Italian: asservire (it)
• Maori: whakamōkai, whakataurekareka, whakapononga
• Polish: zniewolić (pl) pf
• Portuguese: escravizar (pt)
• Romanian: aservi (ro), robi (ro), înrobi (ro)
• Russian: порабоща́ть (ru) impf (poraboščátʹ), поработи́ть (ru) pf (porabotítʹ)
• Scottish Gaelic: daor
• Spanish: esclavizar (es)
• Swedish: förslava
• Ukrainian: понево́лювати impf (ponevóljuvaty)

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