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† enˈvassal, v. Obs.
Also 7 envassaile, -all, invassal, -el.
[f. en-1 + vassal.]
trans. To reduce to the condition of a vassal; to reduce to servitude or subjection; to make subservient to. Also fig.
1605Daniel Queen's Arcadia Wks. (1717) 165 That intolerable Misery, Whereto Affection now invassels me. 1609Bp. Barlow Answ. Nameless Cath. 60 Awing our Princes, enuassaling our Prelates. 1647Cudworth Serm. 1 John ii. 3–4 (1676) 57 Many of us..have our minds..envassalled to Riches, Gain, Profit. 1660Fuller Mixt Contempl. (1841) 194 They would have seized on our persons too, and have envassalled us for ever unto them.
Hence enˈvassalled ppl. a., enˈvassaling vbl. n.
1609Bp. Barlow Answ. Nameless Cath. 25 Yeelded vnto by timorous Princes, ambitious and tumultuous Prelates, enuassalled Parasites. 1642Vind. Parl. in Harl. Misc. (Malh.) V. 275 For the strength and safety, and not inflaming or invassaling of his subjects and people. |