enthrall

We have found lemma(root) word of enthrall : enthral.

Definitions


[ɛnˈθrɔːl], (Verb)

Definitions:
- capture the fascinated attention of
(e.g: she had been so enthralled by the adventure that she had hardly noticed the cold)

- enslave
(e.g: it is as hard and dangerous to inthrall a people that would live free)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘enslave’; formerly also as inthrall): from en-, in-(as an intensifier) + thrall




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