enslaven

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adjective

enslaved

Scrabble 11

Meanings

enslaven1

adjectiveenslaven (comparative more enslaven, superlative most enslaven)

comparative more enslaven · superlative most enslaven

  1. archaicdatedpoeticenslaved

    By your sacred cross They're all enslaven.

    2014, James J. Wilhelm, Lyrics of the Middle Ages: An Anthology, page 131
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    Let the dotard and craven by fear be enslaven.

    1846, Horace Smith, Miscellaneous poems, page 58

    Your Petitioner having for immense of time served His Highness the Nabob Homdud ul Omrah with cautiousness and close attention even to that degree not to mind his meals or either rest as if he was enslaven to him, […]

    1858, Carnatic Stipendaries of 1801

    By this thirst are we taught that in the universality of law, nothing is fortuitous or arbitrary of God or mankind ; nothing rewardless or crownless that not so deserves ; nothing that thinks can long remain enslaven to common trivial cyphers, and in the calm assurance of these alone is the scrutiny of intellect in all things justified.

    1889, Charles Edward Barns, Solitarius to His Dæmon, page 112

enslaven2

verbenslaven (third-person singular simple present enslavens, present participle enslavening, simple past and past participle enslavened)

present singular third person enslavens · participle present enslavening · participle past enslavened · past enslavened

  1. transitiveto enslave

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Origin

enslaven · verb

From a verbal use of Etymology 1; or from en- + slave + -en.

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APA

enslaven. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/enslaven

MLA

“enslaven.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/enslaven. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “enslaven,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/enslaven.

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