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enthral

Enthrall \En*thrall"\, v. t. [Pref. en- + thrall. Cf. Inthrall.] [Written also enthral.] To hold in thrall; to enslave. See Inthrall.

The bars survive the captive they enthrall.
--Byron.

enthral

Inthrall \In*thrall"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inthralled; p. pr. & vb. n. Inthralling.] [Cf. Enthrall.] [Written also inthral, enthral, and enthrall.] To reduce to bondage or servitude; to make a thrall, slave, vassal, or captive of; to enslave.

She soothes, but never can inthrall my mind.
--Prior.

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enthral

alt. 1 (context transitive English) To hold spellbound; to bewitch, charm or captivate. 2 (context transitive English) To make subservient; to enslave or subjugate. vb. 1 (context transitive English) To hold spellbound; to bewitch, charm or captivate. 2 (context transitive English) To make subservient; to enslave or subjugate.

WordNet
enthral
  1. v. hold spellbound [syn: enchant, enrapture, transport, enthrall, ravish, delight] [ant: disenchant]

  2. [also: enthralling, enthralled]

Usage examples of "enthral".

But where Asherah had been enthralled just with the idea of the subterranean cities, let alone the possibility that a great road might connect them all and lead to one queen city, her maid feared being trapped alone in the dark while random breezes seemed to whisper her name like evil spirits approaching from behind.

She watched the healthy ones producing collagenase to expel the damaged collagen, enthralled by the ineffability of the process.

The bats, expansive with blood-bloated bellies, had told him all about the wizard and the witch and their enthralled agents, the cyclopes and the giant worms.

She stole his breath and aroused his body to such a fever pitch of excitement he found himself enthralled.

She sang in Yoruban, Congolese, and Mandingo, and even those who did not understand listened to her, enthralled.

To me it was bloody monotonous but Michaelis was enthralled and even Harrington appeared to be mildly interested.

I guess getting enthralled with negritude still beats self-reflection every time, huh?

I stopped looking for a so picture of Oran, instead let myself be enthralled by the sight over the starboard rail.

I was alarmed at first, but his delivery was eloquent, lyrical, not the plainspoken style in which he had originally couched the tale, and the audience was enthralled.

He was not, as the reader is well aware, without some experience of the supranormal side of nature, and he knew of course that the visit of this enthralling lady had a purpose.

In due course I achieve a crystal of a hundred dreams, and with these confections I hope to enthrall Duke Orbal.

Her ladyship was now telling an enthralled Hetty about some of her experiences at Drury Lane Theatre.

Spell of the Eyes of Mahr could enthrall a dozen men even at its common power.

Irritated by his unsuccessful attempt to establish a colony in Israel, Mo later became enthralled by Muammar Qaddafi, the terrorist leader of Libya.

In June of 1918, Debs visited three Socialists who were in prison for opposing the draft, and then spoke, across the street from the jail, to an audience he kept enthralled for two hours.