"enslave" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ɪnˈsleɪv/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-enslave.wav Forms: enslaves [present, singular, third-person], enslaving [participle, present], enslaved [participle, past], enslaved [past]
Rhymes: -eɪv Etymology: From en- + slave. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|en|slave}} en- + slave Head templates: {{en-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. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Slavery Synonyms: beslave, bethrall, enslaven, inslave [archaic] Related terms: slave, slavened, slavery Translations (to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall): δουλόω (doulóō) (Ancient Greek), اِسْتَعْبَدَ (istaʕbada) (Arabic), اِسْتَرَقَّ (istaraqqa) (Arabic), ստրկացնել (strkacʻnel) (Armenian), qul etmək (Azerbaijani), əsarət altına almaq (Azerbaijani), kölə halına salmaq [figuratively] (Azerbaijani), kölələşdirmək (Azerbaijani), qullaşdırmaq (Azerbaijani), заняво́льваць (zanjavólʹvacʹ) [imperfective] (Belarusian), заняво́ліць (zanjavólicʹ) [perfective] (Belarusian), поро́бвам (poróbvam) [imperfective] (Bulgarian), поро́бя (poróbja) [perfective] (Bulgarian), esclavitzar (Catalan), 奴役 (núyì) (Chinese Mandarin), zotročovat [imperfective] (Czech), zotročit [perfective] (Czech), gøre til slave (Danish), slavebinde (Danish), knechten (Dutch), sklavigi (Esperanto), orjastama (Estonian), orjuuttaa (Finnish), asservir (French), esclavagiser (French), escravizar (Galician), versklaven (German), 𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌸𐌹𐍅𐌰𐌽 (anaþiwan) (Gothic), υποδουλώνω (ypodoulóno) (Greek), rabszolgává tesz (Hungarian), daor (Irish), asservire (Italian), 奴隷にする (dorei ni suru) (alt: どれいにする) (Japanese), ដាក់ជាទាសករ (dak ciə tiəh kɑɑ) (Khmer), 노예로 만들다 (noye-ro mandeulda) (Korean), servum faciō (Latin), поробува (porobuva) [imperfective] (Macedonian), пороби (porobi) [perfective] (Macedonian), whakamōkai (Maori), whakataurekareka (Maori), whakapononga (Maori), thrallen (Middle English), þrælka (Old Norse), zniewalać [imperfective] (Polish), zniewolić [perfective] (Polish), escravizar (Portuguese), aservi (Romanian), robi (Romanian), înrobi (Romanian), порабоща́ть (poraboščátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), поработи́ть (porabotítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), daor (Scottish Gaelic), поробља́вати [Cyrillic, imperfective] (Serbo-Croatian), поробљи́вати [Cyrillic, imperfective] (Serbo-Croatian), поро̀бити [Cyrillic, perfective] (Serbo-Croatian), porobljávati [Roman, imperfective] (Serbo-Croatian), porobljívati [Roman, imperfective] (Serbo-Croatian), poròbiti [Roman, perfective] (Serbo-Croatian), zotročovať [imperfective] (Slovak), zotročiť [perfective] (Slovak), zasužnjevati [imperfective] (Slovene), zasužnjiti [perfective] (Slovene), esclavizar (Spanish), förslava (Swedish), понево́лювати (ponevóljuvaty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), понево́лити (ponevólyty) [perfective] (Ukrainian)
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          "text": "He and his polite friends would dress themselves out with as much care in order to go and dine at each other’s rooms, as other folks would who were going to enslave a mistress.",
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          "ref": "1982, Iron Maiden (lyrics and music), “Run to the Hills”:",
          "text": "Selling them whiskey and taking their gold.\nEnslaving the young and destroying the old.",
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          "ref": "1983, James C. H. Shen, “Signs of Change”, in Robert Myers, editor, The U.S. & Free China: How the U.S. Sold Out Its Ally, Washington, D.C.: Acropolis Books Ltd., →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 52–53:",
          "text": "The Vice-Premier described the Republic of China as not only an obstacle to Communist aggression, but an alternative to communism. He went on to say that if the Chinese Communists were permitted to enslave the Chinese people on the mainland in perpetuity, there could be no peace or security in Asia—or, for that matter, in the rest of the world—for a long, long time.",
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        "(transitive) To make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall."
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          "code": "ar",
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          "roman": "istaʕbada",
          "sense": "to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall",
          "word": "اِسْتَعْبَدَ"
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          "roman": "istaraqqa",
          "sense": "to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall",
          "word": "اِسْتَرَقَّ"
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          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "strkacʻnel",
          "sense": "to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall",
          "word": "ստրկացնել"
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          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall",
          "word": "qul etmək"
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          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall",
          "word": "əsarət altına almaq"
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          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall",
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          "word": "kölə halına salmaq"
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          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall",
          "word": "kölələşdirmək"
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          "sense": "to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall",
          "word": "qullaşdırmaq"
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          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "zanjavólʹvacʹ",
          "sense": "to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "заняво́льваць"
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          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "zanjavólicʹ",
          "sense": "to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "заняво́ліць"
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          "roman": "poróbvam",
          "sense": "to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "поро́бвам"
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          "roman": "poróbja",
          "sense": "to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall",
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          "word": "поро́бя"
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          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall",
          "word": "esclavitzar"
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "núyì",
          "sense": "to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall",
          "word": "奴役"
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          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "zotročovat"
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          "code": "cs",
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          "sense": "to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall",
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          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall",
          "word": "gøre til slave"
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          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall",
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          "sense": "to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall",
          "word": "knechten"
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          "sense": "to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall",
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          "sense": "to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall",
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          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall",
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          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall",
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall",
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          "code": "got",
          "lang": "Gothic",
          "roman": "anaþiwan",
          "sense": "to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall",
          "word": "𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌸𐌹𐍅𐌰𐌽"
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          "roman": "ypodoulóno",
          "sense": "to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall",
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          "roman": "doulóō",
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          "sense": "to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall",
          "word": "rabszolgává tesz"
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          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall",
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall",
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          "alt": "どれいにする",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "dorei ni suru",
          "sense": "to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall",
          "word": "奴隷にする"
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          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "dak ciə tiəh kɑɑ",
          "sense": "to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall",
          "word": "ដាក់ជាទាសករ"
        },
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          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "noye-ro mandeulda",
          "sense": "to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall",
          "word": "노예로 만들다"
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          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall",
          "word": "servum faciō"
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          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "porobuva",
          "sense": "to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall",
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          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "porobi",
          "sense": "to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall",
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          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall",
          "word": "whakamōkai"
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          "code": "enm",
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          "word": "thrallen"
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          "code": "non",
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          "word": "þrælka"
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          "code": "pl",
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          "code": "pt",
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          "word": "escravizar"
        },
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          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall",
          "word": "aservi"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall",
          "word": "robi"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall",
          "word": "înrobi"
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        {
          "code": "ru",
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          "sense": "to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
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          "word": "порабоща́ть"
        },
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          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "поработи́ть"
        },
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          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall",
          "word": "daor"
        },
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          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall",
          "tags": [
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            "imperfective"
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          "word": "поробља́вати"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
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          "sense": "to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall",
          "tags": [
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            "imperfective"
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        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
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          "sense": "to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "поро̀бити"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "porobljávati"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
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          "tags": [
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        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
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          "sense": "to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall",
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          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
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          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "zasužnjevati"
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          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall",
          "word": "esclavizar"
        },
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          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall",
          "word": "förslava"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "ponevóljuvaty",
          "sense": "to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "понево́лювати"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "ponevólyty",
          "sense": "to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "понево́лити"
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        "Terms with Arabic translations",
        "Terms with Armenian translations",
        "Terms with Azerbaijani translations",
        "Terms with Belarusian translations",
        "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
        "Terms with Catalan translations",
        "Terms with Czech translations",
        "Terms with Danish translations",
        "Terms with Dutch translations",
        "Terms with Esperanto translations",
        "Terms with Estonian translations",
        "Terms with Finnish translations",
        "Terms with French translations",
        "Terms with Galician translations",
        "Terms with German translations",
        "Terms with Gothic translations",
        "Terms with Greek translations",
        "Terms with Hungarian translations",
        "Terms with Irish translations",
        "Terms with Italian translations",
        "Terms with Japanese translations",
        "Terms with Khmer translations",
        "Terms with Korean translations",
        "Terms with Latin translations",
        "Terms with Macedonian translations",
        "Terms with Mandarin translations",
        "Terms with Maori translations",
        "Terms with Middle English translations",
        "Terms with Old Norse translations",
        "Terms with Polish translations",
        "Terms with Portuguese translations",
        "Terms with Romanian translations",
        "Terms with Russian translations",
        "Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations",
        "Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations",
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        "Terms with Spanish translations",
        "Terms with Swedish translations",
        "Terms with Ukrainian translations",
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          "text": "He and his polite friends would dress themselves out with as much care in order to go and dine at each other’s rooms, as other folks would who were going to enslave a mistress.",
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          "ref": "1982, Iron Maiden (lyrics and music), “Run to the Hills”:",
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          "text": "The Vice-Premier described the Republic of China as not only an obstacle to Communist aggression, but an alternative to communism. He went on to say that if the Chinese Communists were permitted to enslave the Chinese people on the mainland in perpetuity, there could be no peace or security in Asia—or, for that matter, in the rest of the world—for a long, long time.",
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "istaʕbada",
      "sense": "to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall",
      "word": "اِسْتَعْبَدَ"
    },
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      "code": "ar",
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      "roman": "istaraqqa",
      "sense": "to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall",
      "word": "اِسْتَرَقَّ"
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      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "strkacʻnel",
      "sense": "to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall",
      "word": "ստրկացնել"
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    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
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      "word": "qul etmək"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall",
      "word": "əsarət altına almaq"
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      "sense": "to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "kölə halına salmaq"
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      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall",
      "word": "kölələşdirmək"
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    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall",
      "word": "qullaşdırmaq"
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      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "zanjavólʹvacʹ",
      "sense": "to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "заняво́льваць"
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      "code": "be",
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      "sense": "to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "заняво́ліць"
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      "code": "bg",
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      "roman": "poróbvam",
      "sense": "to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "поро́бвам"
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "поро́бя"
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      "code": "ca",
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      "word": "esclavitzar"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "núyì",
      "sense": "to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall",
      "word": "奴役"
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "zotročovat"
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      "code": "cs",
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      "sense": "to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "zotročit"
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    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall",
      "word": "gøre til slave"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall",
      "word": "slavebinde"
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      "code": "nl",
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      "word": "knechten"
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      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
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      "word": "sklavigi"
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      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
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      "word": "orjastama"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall",
      "word": "orjuuttaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall",
      "word": "asservir"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall",
      "word": "esclavagiser"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall",
      "word": "escravizar"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall",
      "word": "versklaven"
    },
    {
      "code": "got",
      "lang": "Gothic",
      "roman": "anaþiwan",
      "sense": "to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall",
      "word": "𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌸𐌹𐍅𐌰𐌽"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ypodoulóno",
      "sense": "to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall",
      "word": "υποδουλώνω"
    },
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      "code": "grc",
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      "roman": "doulóō",
      "sense": "to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall",
      "word": "δουλόω"
    },
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall",
      "word": "rabszolgává tesz"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall",
      "word": "daor"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall",
      "word": "asservire"
    },
    {
      "alt": "どれいにする",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "dorei ni suru",
      "sense": "to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall",
      "word": "奴隷にする"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "dak ciə tiəh kɑɑ",
      "sense": "to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall",
      "word": "ដាក់ជាទាសករ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "noye-ro mandeulda",
      "sense": "to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall",
      "word": "노예로 만들다"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall",
      "word": "servum faciō"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "porobuva",
      "sense": "to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "поробува"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "porobi",
      "sense": "to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "пороби"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall",
      "word": "whakamōkai"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall",
      "word": "whakataurekareka"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall",
      "word": "whakapononga"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall",
      "word": "thrallen"
    },
    {
      "code": "non",
      "lang": "Old Norse",
      "sense": "to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall",
      "word": "þrælka"
    },
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "zniewalać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "zniewolić"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall",
      "word": "escravizar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall",
      "word": "aservi"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall",
      "word": "robi"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall",
      "word": "înrobi"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "poraboščátʹ",
      "sense": "to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "порабоща́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "porabotítʹ",
      "sense": "to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "поработи́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall",
      "word": "daor"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "поробља́вати"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "поробљи́вати"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "поро̀бити"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "porobljávati"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "porobljívati"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "poròbiti"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "zotročovať"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "zotročiť"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "zasužnjevati"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "zasužnjiti"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall",
      "word": "esclavizar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall",
      "word": "förslava"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "ponevóljuvaty",
      "sense": "to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "понево́лювати"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "ponevólyty",
      "sense": "to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "понево́лити"
    }
  ],
  "word": "enslave"
}

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