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- DictionaryEn·slave/inˈslāv/
verb
- 1. make (someone) a slave: "the practice of enslaving prisoners of war eventually died out"
: held involuntarily and forced under threat of violence or death to work without pay for the profit of another. … a trove of historical records—birth registries, bills of sale, manumissions, wills and estate inventories—to demonstrate that in the late 1700s and early 1800s, dozens of enslaved people lived in what's now Cedar Grove …
Enslaved definition: made a slave; held in slavery or bondage. See examples of ENSLAVED used in a sentence.
: to force into or as if into slavery : subjugate. The building holds bronze statues of Harriet Tubman and Frederick Douglass, who were born, and enslaved, on Maryland's Eastern Shore. Evan Osnos.
to force someone to remain in a bad situation : Women in this region were enslaved by poverty. to make a slave of someone: The early settlers enslaved or killed much of the native population. literary. to control someone's actions, thoughts, emotions, or life completely: We are increasingly enslaved by technology.
to make a slave of someone: The early settlers enslaved or killed much of the native population. literary. to control someone's actions, thoughts, emotions, or life completely: We are increasingly enslaved by technology. Guilt enslaved her.
to make a slave of; hold (someone) in slavery or bondage: Spartacus was enslaved by the Romans, fought as a gladiator, and later led an insurrection in 73 B.C. Synonyms: dominate, control, shackle, enchain. Antonyms: release, liberate, free. enslave.
To enslave someone is to force that person to work for no pay, to obey commands, and to lose his or her freedom. The ancient Greeks were known to enslave groups of people they defeated in military battles. It's less common today for one group of people to enslave another, but unfortunately it does still happen.
