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.
To reduce to slavery; to make a slave of; to subject to a dominant influence.
Verb
make a slave of; bring into servitude
v. t.
To reduce to slavery; to make a slave of; to subject to
a dominant influence.
Enslave
The conquer'd, also, and enslaved by war, Shall, with their freedom lost, all virtue lose.
Pleasure admitted in undue degree Enslaves the will.
To reduce to slavery; to make a slave of; to subject to a dominant influence.
Usage Examples
Although we have, in theory, abolished human slavery, recognized women's rights, and stopped child labor, we continue to enslave other species who, if we simply pay attention, show quite clearly that they experience parental love, pain, and the desire for freedom, just as we do.
Action and faith enslave thought, both of them in order not be troubled or inconvenienced by reflection, criticism, and doubt.
Enslave the liberty of but one human being and the liberties of the world are put in peril.
A free America... means just this: individual freedom for all, rich or poor, or else this system of government we call democracy is only an expedient to enslave man to the machine and make him like it.
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Other Usage ExamplesIf Germany, thanks to Hitler and his successors, were to enslave the European nations and destroy most of the treasures of their past, future historians would certainly pronounce that she had civilized Europe.
I will not attack your doctrines nor your creeds if they accord liberty to me. If they hold thought to be dangerous - if they aver that doubt is a crime, then I attack them one and all, because they enslave the minds of men.
All national institutions of churches, whether Jewish, Christian or Turkish, appear to me no other than human inventions, set up to terrify and enslave mankind, and monopolize power and profit.
To become a popular religion, it is only necessary for a superstition to enslave a philosophy.
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