Definitions for enslave
ɛnˈsleɪven·slave

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. enslaveverb

   make a slave of; bring into servitude

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. enslaveverb

   To make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To Enslaveverb

   Etymology: from slave.

   1. To reduce to servitude; to deprive of liberty.

   The conquer’d also, and enslav’d by war,
   Shall, with their freedom lost, their virtue lose. John Milton, P. L.

   2. To make over to another as his slave or bondman.

   I to do this! I, whom you once thought brave,
   To sell my country, and my king enslave. John Dryden, Ind. Emp.

   Long draughts of sleep his monstrous limbs enslave;
   He reels, and falling fills the spacious cave. John Dryden, Æn.

   He is certainly the most subjected, the most enslaved, who is so in his understanding. John Locke.

   While the balance of power is equally held, the ambition of private men gives neither danger nor fear, nor can possibly enslave their country. Jonathan Swift.

   No man can make another man to be his slave, unless he hath first enslaved himself to life and death, to pleasure or pain, to hope or fear: command those passions, and you are freer than the Parthian king. Jeremy Taylor, Rule of living holy.

   The more virtuously any man lives, and the less he is enslaved to any lust, the more ready he is to entertain the principles of religion. John Tillotson, Sermon 1.

   A man, not having the power of his own life, cannot by compact, or his own consent, enslave himself to any one, nor put himself under the absolute arbitrary power of another, to take away life when he pleases. John Locke.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. enslave

   Slavery and enslavement are both the state and the condition of being a slave, who is someone forbidden to quit serving an enslaver, and is treated by the enslaver as property. Slavery typically involves slaves being made to perform some form of work while also having their location or residence dictated by the enslaver. Many historical cases of enslavement occurred as a result of breaking the law, becoming indebted, or suffering a military defeat; other forms of slavery were instituted along demographic lines such as race. Slaves may be kept in bondage for life or for a fixed period of time, after which they would be granted freedom. Although slavery is usually involuntary and involves coercion, there are also cases where people voluntarily enter into slavery to pay a debt or earn money due to poverty. In the course of human history, slavery was a typical feature of civilization, and was legal in most societies, but it is now outlawed in most countries of the world, except as a punishment for a crime.In chattel slavery, the slave is legally rendered the personal property (chattel) of the slave owner. In economics, the term de facto slavery describes the conditions of unfree labour and forced labour that most slaves endure.In 2019, approximately 40 million people, of whom 26 percent were children, were enslaved throughout the world despite it being illegal. In the modern world, more than 50 percent of slaves provide forced labour, usually in the factories and sweatshops of the private sector of a country's economy. In industrialised countries, human trafficking is a modern variety of slavery; in non-industrialised countries, enslavement by debt bondage is a common form of enslaving a person, such as captive domestic servants, forced marriage, and child soldiers.

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1. enslave

   To enslave someone means to forcibly make them a slave or subject them to forced labour or servitude, stripping away their freedom, autonomy, and rights. It often involves manipulation, coercion, and dehumanization. It is an inhuman practice considered highly inappropriate and illegal in most societies today.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Enslaveverb

   to reduce to slavery; to make a slave of; to subject to a dominant influence

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Enslave

   en-slāv′, v.t. to make a slave of: to subject to the influence of.—p.adj. Enslaved′.—ns. Enslave′ment, act of enslaving: state of being enslaved: slavery: bondage; Enslav′er.

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1. • Subjugate

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Anagrams for enslave »

1. leavens

How to pronounce enslave?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of enslave in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of enslave in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of enslave in a Sentence

1. Henri Frdric Amiel:

   A lively, disinterested, persistent looking for truth is extraordinarily rare. Action and faith enslave thought, both of them in order not to be troubled or inconvenienced by reflection, criticism or doubt.

2. Anthon St Maarten:

   Nobody has the power to imprison your mind, dictate your emotions, or enslave your soul - unless you let them.

3. Anthony J. Hilder:

   Communism is not a creation of the masses to overthrow the Banking establishment, but rather a creation of the Banking establishment to overthrow and enslave the people.

4. Horace Greeley:

   It is impossible to mentally or socially enslave a Bible reading People.

5. George Mason:

   To disarm the people... was the best and most effectual way to enslave them.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=enslave
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Enslave
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=enslave
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enslave
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/enslave
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=enslave
8. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=enslave