/ ɪnˈsleɪv; NAmE / verb [ vn ] [ usually passive ]
1.
to make sb a slave
2.
enslave sb/sth (to sth) ( formal ) to make sb/sth completely depend on sth so that they cannot manage without it
► en·slave·ment noun [ U ]
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WORD ORIGIN
early 17th cent. (in the sense make (a person) subject to a superstition, passion, etc. ; formerly also as inslave ): from en- , in- (as an intensifier) + slave .