MEANING
1. To enslave or place under subjection or bondage.
2. To captivate or hold someone’s attention completely.
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Words that belong together
- enthrall a captive
- an enthralled population
On the page
The old account said the captives had been enthralled by the ruler.
In the story, the entity enthralled those who accepted its bargain.
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Word forms
- Base
- enthrall
- Past tense
- enthralled
- Past participle
- enthralled
- Present participle
- enthralling
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- enthrall
- Present continuous
- am/is/are enthralling
- Present perfect
- have/has enthralled
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been enthralling
- Past
- enthralled
- Past continuous
- was/were enthralling
- Past perfect
- had enthralled
- Past perfect continuous
- had been enthralling
- Future
- will enthrall
- Future continuous
- will be enthralling
- Future perfect
- will have enthralled
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been enthralling
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Usage notes
Primary category: horror. Forms: enthrall; enthralls; enthralled; enthralled; enthralling Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Third-person singular: enthralls.
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