enthralenthrallv.

Brit.

/ᵻnˈθrɔːl/,

/ɛnˈθrɔːl/, U.S.

/ᵻnˈθrɔl/,

/ɛnˈθrɔl/,

/ᵻnˈθrɑl/,

/ɛnˈθrɑl/

Forms:

α. late Middle English enthralled (past participle), 1500s– enthrall, 1600s– enthral.

β. 1500s inthralle, 1500s–1900s inthrall, 1600s–1700s inthral.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: en- prefix¹, thrall n.¹

Etymology: < en- prefix¹ + thrall n.¹ (in senses ‘slave’ and ‘slavery’). With the β. forms compare in- prefix¹.

1. transitive. To make (a person or people) a thrall or thralls, to enslave; to hold or have as a thrall; (also) to set or keep under the rule, control, or authority of oneself or another, to subjugate. Also: to reduce (a person or people) to the condition or level of a thrall; to make slave-like, to debase.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > subjection > slavery or bondage > be slave of [verb (transitive)] > enslave

thrallc1275

thrall?a1366

tie1390

enthral1447

thrillc1485

mancipate1533

thirl1535

esclavish1583

bethrall1596

slave1602

embondage1607

bondage1611

enfetter1611

servilize1619

emancipate1629

beslave1634

enslave1656

bond1835

asservilize1877

α.

1447–8 in S. A. Moore Lett. & Papers J. Shillingford (1871) ii. 98 (MED) The sute [about tax assessments] made by the saide Mayer and Comminalte for to have oppressed and enthralled the saide Bisshop, Dean and Chapitre.

1575 T. Newton tr. C. A. Curione Notable Hist. Saracens i. f. 37 You who alone remayned unconquered of the Gothes..will now wilfully enthrall and make your selues bonde slaues.

1614 A. Gorges tr. Lucan Pharsalia vi. 252 You Stygian hagges I will enthrall, And captiues hold.

1656 A. Cowley Pindarique Odes 33 in Poems Ingrateful Cæsar who could Rome enthral!

1726 Weekly Jrnl. 26 Mar. Teach its Princes to enthral their Subjects in temporal Bondage.

1777 R. Watson Hist. Reign Philip II II. xv. 64 The danger..of being again enthralled by the Spaniards.

1871 B. Taylor tr. J. W. von Goethe Faust I. xxv. 255 I am free! No one shall enthrall me.

1937 Pacific Coast Jrnl. Nursing 33 150/2 We..have all the rights and privileges of citizens and with them the duty..to ameliorate the conditions which enthrall many of our people.

1990 tr. F. Engels in tr. K. Marx & F. Engels Coll. Wks. XXVI. 165 The man seized the reins in the house too, the woman was degraded, enthralled, became the slave of the man's lust.

2012 N. Oliver Vikings vi. 159 Historians differ in their opinions of just how many individuals might have been enthralled, taken and traded by Vikings.

β. 1568 T. Drant tr. Gregory of Nazianzus Epigr. & Sentences sig. A.viii^v ... Our sauiour Christe..To humble seruice did him selfe inthrall.1583 P. Stubbes Second Pt. Anat. Abuses sig. E.2 Yea so greatly are the poore hereby inthralled, that they can hardly get a peece of ground to keepe.1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. i. iii. §9. 46 Those people; which he [sc. the Turk] hath subiected and inthralled.1636 E. Dacres tr. N. Machiavelli Disc. 1st Decade T. Livius iii. viii. 495 It is as hard and dangerous..to inthrall a people, that would live free.1654 W. Prynne Seasonable, Legall & Hist. Vindic. 4 Perpetually inthral us under such an absolute Ægyptian bondage.1719 E. Wardlaw Hardyknute 6 Now that Norse do's proudly boast Fair Scotland to inthrall.1785 W. Carwithen Seasons of Life 102 Fate, tyrannic ruler, would inthrall Devoted man, till death decrees his fall.1855 M. M. Busk Mediæval Popes, Emperors, Kings, & Crusaders II. 47 A people struggling..to recover their liberty from such alien conquerors, who..had subjugated, inthralled, and oppressed them.

2. figurative.

a. transitive. To subjugate or control (a person, the mind, will, judgement, etc.), either by means of artifice, sorcery, seduction, etc., or by possessing positive qualities such as beauty and charm. Often with to, unto, indicating the controlling person or thing.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > motivation > attraction, allurement, or enticement > attract, allure, or entice [verb (transitive)] > fascinate or enchant

enchantc1374

charmc1380

catchc1405

witch1499

bewitch1526

captive1528

allure?1532

captivate1535

disarm1553

enthral1562

sirenize1592

enamour1600

infascinate1687

fascinate1742

capture1796

besiren1861

α.

1562 A. Brooke tr. M. Bandello Tragicall Hist. Romeus & Iuliet f. 25 Knowe How much I am by loue enthralled vnto thee.

1576 T. Newton tr. L. Lemnie Touchstone of Complexions ii. ii. f. 105^v A man should not geeue ouer or enthrall his credite and honour to harlottes.

1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream iii. i. 132 So is mine eye enthralled to thy shape.

1695 Ld. Preston tr. Boethius Of Consol. Philos. iv. 177 Vice doth enthral Men's strongest Powers.

1718 M. Prior Solomon on Vanity ii, in Poems Several Occasions (new ed.) 451 She sooths, but never can enthrall my Mind.

1797 A. Radcliffe Italian II. vi. 179 He was inclined to believe, that a stratagem had enthralled him.

a1839 W. M. Praed Poems (1864) II. 123 And M—, in that simple dress, Enthralls us more by studying less.

1878 E. Jenkins Haverholme 136 He was enthralled by the wizard spell of the orator.

1954 Nation's Schools July 36/2 This newer force [sc. television] is so potent to enthrall mind and emotion that men must be grounded and steadied as never before.

1997 J. Gilbert Redeeming Culture i. 6 How could religion retrieve the soul of America if its mind was enthralled by science?

2007 C. Salaman in tr. ‘Hermes Trismegistus’ Asclepius 18 Education, instead of freeing the mind, helps to enthral it.

β. 1566 T. Drant tr. Horace Medicinable Morall sig. Av Thou..doste thy selfe in thralle Unto thy lowte.1603 S. Daniel Def. Ryme in Panegyrike (new ed.) sig. G5^v Seeking to please our eare, we inthrall our iudgement.a1610 J. Healey tr. Theophrastus Characters 53 in tr. Epictetus Manuall (1636) This fellow perswades him not so much to inthrall himselfe to his Physicians directions.1651 W. Davenant Gondibert i. ii. 20 Laura, the Duke's fair Neice inthrall'd his heart.1772 T. Gibbons Christian Minister 53 A Mind by Lust deprav'd, by Lust inthrall'd.1837 G. Bancroft Hist. U.S. II. xiii. 175 To inthrall his mind by the influences of religion.1859 C. Kingsley Sir W. Raleigh in Misc. I. 30 The sense of beauty inthralls him at every step.1906 North Amer. Rev. 183 244 There is no man or woman, however desperately inthralled by sin, who is not capable of regeneration.

b. transitive. To capture or hold the attention of; to captivate, fascinate, hold spellbound. Also intransitive. Now the usual sense.

ΚΠ

1839 London & Westm. Rev. Apr. 356 That absolute power over the keys [of the piano] which tempts its possessor to astonish and enthral his audience by inspirations of the moment.

1878 A. Brassey Voy. Sunbeam xv. 270 One more long last look, and then we turned our faces away from the scene that had enthralled us for so many hours.

1920 Musical Amer. 28 Feb. 38/1 In a program full of charm, Kreisler again manifested his ability to enthrall audiences.

1978 J. I. M. Stewart Full Term xxii. 250 Patullo Minor, the Secret Service Boy, had enthralled his school-fellows with his hazardous escapades.

1993 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 3 Aug. 6 Even the wondrous Stipe's most indecipherable, most gnomic meanderings have a power to enthral which is entirely absent from the U2 lyrical canon.

2010 N. MacGregor Hist. World in 100 Objects lxxxiii. 540 He would have enthralled audiences in all-night performances.

Derivatives

enˈthraller n. a person who or thing which enthralls someone or something.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > subjection > subjecting or subjugation > [noun] > one who

subduer1516

subjectora1540

enthraller1594

subjecter1603

subjugator1795

subordinator1845

1594 R. Barnfield Affectionate Shepheard sig. Eiij^v O Enthraller of infranchizd harts.

1658 A. Cokayne Small Poems 149* Her sweetest Mouth..[is] All hearts enthraller.

1792 W. O. Pughe tr. Llywarch Hen Heroic Elegies 111 Of Lloegyr he was the enthraller, he was their oppressor.

1860 Hutchings' Calif. Mag. Oct. 378/1 He..indited a sonnet to the charms of his fair enthraller.

1915 E. A. Vizetelly tr. E. Zola Dram-shop vii. 209 Tis I, Blavin, enthraller of the fair.

2002 Times 27 Apr. (Mag. section) 25/2 He has the potential to become a crowd enthraller.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	enthral
释义	enthralenthrallv. Brit. /ᵻnˈθrɔːl/, /ɛnˈθrɔːl/, U.S. /ᵻnˈθrɔl/, /ɛnˈθrɔl/, /ᵻnˈθrɑl/, /ɛnˈθrɑl/ Forms: α. late Middle English enthralled (past participle), 1500s– enthrall, 1600s– enthral. β. 1500s inthralle, 1500s–1900s inthrall, 1600s–1700s inthral. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: en- prefix¹, thrall n.¹ Etymology: < en- prefix¹ + thrall n.¹ (in senses ‘slave’ and ‘slavery’). With the β. forms compare in- prefix¹. 1. transitive. To make (a person or people) a thrall or thralls, to enslave; to hold or have as a thrall; (also) to set or keep under the rule, control, or authority of oneself or another, to subjugate. Also: to reduce (a person or people) to the condition or level of a thrall; to make slave-like, to debase. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > slavery or bondage > be slave of [verb (transitive)] > enslave thrallc1275 thrall?a1366 tie1390 enthral1447 thrillc1485 mancipate1533 thirl1535 esclavish1583 bethrall1596 slave1602 embondage1607 bondage1611 enfetter1611 servilize1619 emancipate1629 beslave1634 enslave1656 bond1835 asservilize1877 α. 1447–8 in S. A. Moore Lett. & Papers J. Shillingford (1871) ii. 98 (MED) The sute [about tax assessments] made by the saide Mayer and Comminalte for to have oppressed and enthralled the saide Bisshop, Dean and Chapitre. 1575 T. Newton tr. C. A. Curione Notable Hist. Saracens i. f. 37 You who alone remayned unconquered of the Gothes..will now wilfully enthrall and make your selues bonde slaues. 1614 A. Gorges tr. Lucan Pharsalia vi. 252 You Stygian hagges I will enthrall, And captiues hold. 1656 A. Cowley Pindarique Odes 33 in Poems Ingrateful Cæsar who could Rome enthral! 1726 Weekly Jrnl. 26 Mar. Teach its Princes to enthral their Subjects in temporal Bondage. 1777 R. Watson Hist. Reign Philip II II. xv. 64 The danger..of being again enthralled by the Spaniards. 1871 B. Taylor tr. J. W. von Goethe Faust I. xxv. 255 I am free! No one shall enthrall me. 1937 Pacific Coast Jrnl. Nursing 33 150/2 We..have all the rights and privileges of citizens and with them the duty..to ameliorate the conditions which enthrall many of our people. 1990 tr. F. Engels in tr. K. Marx & F. Engels Coll. Wks. XXVI. 165 The man seized the reins in the house too, the woman was degraded, enthralled, became the slave of the man's lust. 2012 N. Oliver Vikings vi. 159 Historians differ in their opinions of just how many individuals might have been enthralled, taken and traded by Vikings. β. 1568 T. Drant tr. Gregory of Nazianzus Epigr. & Sentences sig. A.viii^v ... Our sauiour Christe..To humble seruice did him selfe inthrall.1583 P. Stubbes Second Pt. Anat. Abuses sig. E.2 Yea so greatly are the poore hereby inthralled, that they can hardly get a peece of ground to keepe.1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. i. iii. §9. 46 Those people; which he [sc. the Turk] hath subiected and inthralled.1636 E. Dacres tr. N. Machiavelli Disc. 1st Decade T. Livius iii. viii. 495 It is as hard and dangerous..to inthrall a people, that would live free.1654 W. Prynne Seasonable, Legall & Hist. Vindic. 4 Perpetually inthral us under such an absolute Ægyptian bondage.1719 E. Wardlaw Hardyknute 6 Now that Norse do's proudly boast Fair Scotland to inthrall.1785 W. Carwithen Seasons of Life 102 Fate, tyrannic ruler, would inthrall Devoted man, till death decrees his fall.1855 M. M. Busk Mediæval Popes, Emperors, Kings, & Crusaders II. 47 A people struggling..to recover their liberty from such alien conquerors, who..had subjugated, inthralled, and oppressed them. 2. figurative. a. transitive. To subjugate or control (a person, the mind, will, judgement, etc.), either by means of artifice, sorcery, seduction, etc., or by possessing positive qualities such as beauty and charm. Often with to, unto, indicating the controlling person or thing. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > motivation > attraction, allurement, or enticement > attract, allure, or entice [verb (transitive)] > fascinate or enchant enchantc1374 charmc1380 catchc1405 witch1499 bewitch1526 captive1528 allure?1532 captivate1535 disarm1553 enthral1562 sirenize1592 enamour1600 infascinate1687 fascinate1742 capture1796 besiren1861 α. 1562 A. Brooke tr. M. Bandello Tragicall Hist. Romeus & Iuliet f. 25 Knowe How much I am by loue enthralled vnto thee. 1576 T. Newton tr. L. Lemnie Touchstone of Complexions ii. ii. f. 105^v A man should not geeue ouer or enthrall his credite and honour to harlottes. 1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream iii. i. 132 So is mine eye enthralled to thy shape. View more context for this quotation 1695 Ld. Preston tr. Boethius Of Consol. Philos. iv. 177 Vice doth enthral Men's strongest Powers. 1718 M. Prior Solomon on Vanity ii, in Poems Several Occasions (new ed.) 451 She sooths, but never can enthrall my Mind. 1797 A. Radcliffe Italian II. vi. 179 He was inclined to believe, that a stratagem had enthralled him. a1839 W. M. Praed Poems (1864) II. 123 And M—, in that simple dress, Enthralls us more by studying less. 1878 E. Jenkins Haverholme 136 He was enthralled by the wizard spell of the orator. 1954 Nation's Schools July 36/2 This newer force [sc. television] is so potent to enthrall mind and emotion that men must be grounded and steadied as never before. 1997 J. Gilbert Redeeming Culture i. 6 How could religion retrieve the soul of America if its mind was enthralled by science? 2007 C. Salaman in tr. ‘Hermes Trismegistus’ Asclepius 18 Education, instead of freeing the mind, helps to enthral it. β. 1566 T. Drant tr. Horace Medicinable Morall sig. Av Thou..doste thy selfe in thralle Unto thy lowte.1603 S. Daniel Def. Ryme in Panegyrike (new ed.) sig. G5^v Seeking to please our eare, we inthrall our iudgement.a1610 J. Healey tr. Theophrastus Characters 53 in tr. Epictetus Manuall (1636) This fellow perswades him not so much to inthrall himselfe to his Physicians directions.1651 W. Davenant Gondibert i. ii. 20 Laura, the Duke's fair Neice inthrall'd his heart.1772 T. Gibbons Christian Minister 53 A Mind by Lust deprav'd, by Lust inthrall'd.1837 G. Bancroft Hist. U.S. II. xiii. 175 To inthrall his mind by the influences of religion.1859 C. Kingsley Sir W. Raleigh in Misc. I. 30 The sense of beauty inthralls him at every step.1906 North Amer. Rev. 183 244 There is no man or woman, however desperately inthralled by sin, who is not capable of regeneration. b. transitive. To capture or hold the attention of; to captivate, fascinate, hold spellbound. Also intransitive. Now the usual sense. ΚΠ 1839 London & Westm. Rev. Apr. 356 That absolute power over the keys [of the piano] which tempts its possessor to astonish and enthral his audience by inspirations of the moment. 1878 A. Brassey Voy. Sunbeam xv. 270 One more long last look, and then we turned our faces away from the scene that had enthralled us for so many hours. 1920 Musical Amer. 28 Feb. 38/1 In a program full of charm, Kreisler again manifested his ability to enthrall audiences. 1978 J. I. M. Stewart Full Term xxii. 250 Patullo Minor, the Secret Service Boy, had enthralled his school-fellows with his hazardous escapades. 1993 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 3 Aug. 6 Even the wondrous Stipe's most indecipherable, most gnomic meanderings have a power to enthral which is entirely absent from the U2 lyrical canon. 2010 N. MacGregor Hist. World in 100 Objects lxxxiii. 540 He would have enthralled audiences in all-night performances. Derivatives enˈthraller n. a person who or thing which enthralls someone or something. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > subjecting or subjugation > [noun] > one who subduer1516 subjectora1540 enthraller1594 subjecter1603 subjugator1795 subordinator1845 1594 R. Barnfield Affectionate Shepheard sig. Eiij^v O Enthraller of infranchizd harts. 1658 A. Cokayne Small Poems 149* Her sweetest Mouth..[is] All hearts enthraller. 1792 W. O. Pughe tr. Llywarch Hen Heroic Elegies 111 Of Lloegyr he was the enthraller, he was their oppressor. 1860 Hutchings' Calif. Mag. Oct. 378/1 He..indited a sonnet to the charms of his fair enthraller. 1915 E. A. Vizetelly tr. E. Zola Dram-shop vii. 209 Tis I, Blavin, enthraller of the fair. 2002 Times 27 Apr. (Mag. section) 25/2 He has the potential to become a crowd enthraller. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < v.1447
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