enslave
pronunciation
How to pronounce enslave in British English:
UK [ɪnˈsleɪv]
How to pronounce enslave in American English:
US [ɪnˈsleɪv]
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- Verb:
- make a slave of; bring into servitude
Word Origin
- enslave (v.)
- 1640s, from en- (1) "make, make into" + slave (n.). Related: Enslaved; enslaving.
Example
- 1. If so , why don 't we think it 's acceptable to enslave people with low iqs ?
- 2. As long ago as 1908 mohandas gandhi was arguing that " to give millions a knowledge of english is to enslave them . "
- 3. Mr. burleigh shows that nazi leaders and many germans saw the war serving the " ultimate good " of the progress of the german race , which had the right and indeed the duty to propagate itself and enslave and exterminate others .
- 4. Some brothel owners use beatings and locked rooms to enslave their girls , but most use debts and ostensible kindness to manipulate them -- and the girls are often so na ve , so stigmatized by everyone else and so broken in spirit that this works .
- 5. We can 't enslave ourselves to money .