bethrall

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verb

To enthrall; enslave.

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Meanings

verbbethrall (third-person singular simple present bethralls, present participle bethralling, simple past and past participle bethralled)

present singular third person bethralls · participle present bethralling · participle past bethralled · past bethralled · alternative bethral

  1. raretransitiveTo enthrall; enslave.

    Ne let that wicked woman scape away ; For she it is , that did my lord bethrall

    1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto VIII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
enslave

Origin

From be- + thrall.

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APA

bethrall. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bethrall

MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bethrall,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bethrall.

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