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enthrall

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.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
enthrall

also enthral "to hold in mental or moral bondage," 1570s, from en- (1) "make, put in" + thrall (n.). Literal sense (1610s) is rare in English. Related: Enthralled; enthralling.

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enthrall

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
enthrall

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

Usage examples of "enthrall".

The dog-Lord was right: there were other ways, better ways, to enthrall a man.

Radu had been partly right: there were other ways to enthrall a man - but some swords are two-edged.

And the Emperor's own yacht's Sentient— there'd be nothing to do but enthrall it.

I'll jump into that Quentin Fears's body and then you enthrall him and you've got me.

It was the same binding she'd used when we were kids, when she'd been holding me down while my old master, Justin DuMorne, prepared to enthrall me.

It glowed in the carefully lit display cases, fragile but powerful links to the past that never failed to enthrall Eugenia.

You enthrall the undercreatures through a deft combination of wizardry and mind flayer arts, and I lack the innate capacity to master the latter.