MEANING
To make someone a slave or deprive them of freedom through absolute control.
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Words that belong together
- enslave captives
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The raiders enslaved the captives.
The institution enslaved generations of workers.
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Word forms
- Base
- enslave
- Past tense
- enslaved
- Past participle
- enslaved
- Present participle
- enslaving
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- enslave
- Present continuous
- am/is/are enslaving
- Present perfect
- have/has enslaved
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been enslaving
- Past
- enslaved
- Past continuous
- was/were enslaving
- Past perfect
- had enslaved
- Past perfect continuous
- had been enslaving
- Future
- will enslave
- Future continuous
- will be enslaving
- Future perfect
- will have enslaved
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been enslaving
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Usage notes
Primary category: horror. Forms: enslave; enslaves; enslaved; enslaved; enslaving Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Third-person singular: enslaves.
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