Antonyms for enslave
Grammar : Verb |
Spell : en-sleyv |
Phonetic Transcription : ɛnˈsleɪv |
Definition of enslave
Origin :- 1640s, from en- (1) "make, put in" + slave (n.). Related: Enslaved; enslaving.
- verb make someone a servant
- Men now-a-days are grown too wise to enslave themselves for women.
- Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 4 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
- Europe may enslave Asia, because it is flattering: but Europe must not free Asia, because that is responsible.
- Extract from : « Alarms and Discursions » by G. K. Chesterton
- And it's true, Kay: they've given up the attempt to enslave China.
- Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, November, 1930 » by Various
- Our souls they will not leave us, our bodies they enslave, they take our goods!
- Extract from : « The Wild Geese » by Stanley John Weyman
- He had made himself helpless beyond his affliction, to enslave her better.
- Extract from : « To-morrow » by Joseph Conrad
- Some influences are tyrannous; they impose themselves, they dominate, they enslave.
- Extract from : « The Legacy of Greece » by Various
- A man who will enslave his own blood, may not be safely relied on for magnanimity.
- Extract from : « My Bondage and My Freedom » by Frederick Douglass
- Remove the antiquated restrictions that enslave our daily actions.
- Extract from : « Rabbi and Priest » by Milton Goldsmith
- Time does not enslave them, for they do not trouble about it.
- Extract from : « Peeps at Many Lands: Norway » by A.F. Mockler-Ferryman
- She comes, in an error, to avenge herself, and to enslave the blacks.
- Extract from : « The Hour and the Man » by Harriet Martineau
Synonyms for enslave
- bind
- capture
- chain
- check
- circumscribe
- coerce
- compel
- confine
- deprive
- disenfranchise
- disfranchise
- dominate
- enchain
- enclose
- enthrall
- fetter
- get hooks into
- hobble
- hold
- immure
- imprison
- incarcerate
- indenture
- jail
- keep under thumb
- oppress
- put in irons
- reduce
- restrain
- restrict
- secure
- shackle
- shut in
- subdue
- subject
- subjugate
- suppress
- tether
- tie
- yoke
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