ENSLAVE


Meaning of ENSLAVE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ɪnsleɪv ]

( enslaves, enslaving, enslaved)

1.

To enslave someone means to make them into a slave.

They’ve been enslaved and had to do what they were told...

I’d die myself before I’d let anyone enslave your folk ever again...

George was born to an enslaved African mother.

VERB : be V-ed , V n , V-ed

2.

To enslave a person or society means to trap them in a situation from which they cannot escape.

...the various cultures, cults and religions that have enslaved human beings for untold years...

It would be a tragedy if both sexes were enslaved to the god of work.

VERB : V n , be V-ed to n , also V n to n

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