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   enslave

   /ɪnˈsleɪv/

   verb

   • 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 Origin early 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.

   Derivatives

   • 1. enslaver noun

   Scrabble Points: 10

   • E

     1

   • N

     1

   • S

     1

   • L

     1

   • A

     1

   • V

     4

   • E

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