"enslave" meaning in English

See enslave in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ɪnˈsleɪv/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-enslave.wav [UK] Forms: enslave [canonical], enslaves [third-person, singular], enslaved [past], enslaved [past, participle], enslaving [present, participle]
Etymology: en- + slave Etymology templates: {{ety-prefix|en|slave}} en- + slave Head templates: {{verb|enslav|e}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you enslave a person, you make them a slave.
    Sense id: simple-enslave-en-verb-AdoykPZp
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
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