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enslave
[ en-sleyv ]
verb (used with object)
- to make a slave of; hold (someone) in slavery or bondage:
Spartacus was enslaved by the Romans, fought as a gladiator, and later led an insurrection in 73 B.C.
Synonyms: , , ,
Antonyms: , ,
enslave
/ ɪˈɪ /
verb
- tr to make a slave of; reduce to slavery; subjugate
Derived Forms
- ˈ, noun
- ˈԳ, noun
Other yvlog Forms
- ··Գ noun
- ·· noun
- ·· verb (used with object) reenslaved reenslaving
- re···Գ noun
Example Sentences
When one of her enslaved piglets colors a picture with crayons, she turns him into a pork chop.
The heroine — daughter of a plantation owner — gets caught in the chaos and stumbles upon a group of formerly enslaved people from her father’s cotton fields.
It was illegal for Black enslaved people to learn to read.
Despite its contradictory history as a symbol of democracy built by enslaved people, it is a blameless externalization of America.
Most people don't know it, but schools for Black people — free and enslaved — operated out in the open in the late 1700s and early 1800s.
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