enslave
VerbUS[en-sleyv]/ɛnˈsleɪv/2 syllables
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
En·slave′ transitive verb [past tense & past participle Enslaved; present participle & verbal noun Enslaving.]
To reduce to slavery; to make a slave of; to subject to a dominant influence.
The conquer'd, also, and enslaved by war, Shall, with their freedom lost, all virtue lose.— John Milton
Pleasure admitted in undue degree Enslaves the will.— William Cowper
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54