1. make (someone) a slave: "the practice of enslaving prisoners of war eventually died out"
▪ cause (someone) to lose their freedom of choice or action:"they were enslaved by their need to take drugs"
Word Originearly 17th century (in the sense ‘make (a person) subject to a superstition, passion, etc.’; formerly also as inslave): from en-1, in-2 (as an intensifier) + slave.
