单词 | re-enthral |
释义 | re-enthralre-enthrallv. transitive. To enthral again; to bring again to subjection. ΚΠ a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1959) IV. 223 Neither is this..to re-enthrall you to a necessity of communicating all your sinnes. 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. vi. 241 Ierusalem was reinthralled and seazed vpon by Saladine. 1658 P. Heylyn Stumbling-block of Disobedience i. 22 That..we should not re-inthral our selves to the lusts of men. 1854 Anglo-Amer. Mag. May 478/1 He re-enthrals France in an enthralment so utterly unendurable as to be fecund exceedingly of plots, counterplots, conspiracies and assassinations. 1954 Mississippi Valley Hist. Rev. 41 ii. 201 Reconciliation [sc. of Northern and Southern Methodists] would only re-enthrall the Church South. 2003 R. G. Kennedy Mr. Jefferson's Lost Cause i. v. 46 The [Virginia] planters..remained reluctant to diversify their economic base,..and instead reenthralled themselves while continuing to enthrall their labor force [sc. slaves]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.a1631 |
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