[thrall] n [ME thral, fr. OE thrael, fr. ON thraell] (bef. 12c) 1 a: a servant slave: bondman; also: serf b: a person in moral or mental servitude
2. a: a state of servitude or submission "in ~ to his emotions" b: a state of complete absorption "mountains could hold me in ~ with a subtle attraction of their own --Elyne Mitchell" -- thrall adj -- thrall.dom or thral.dom n
[2]thrall vt (13c) archaic: enthrall, enslave