thrall

thrall

T0182300 (thrôl)n.1. The state of being in the power of another person or under the sway of an influence: "a people in thrall to the miracles of commerce" (Lewis H. Lapham).2. a. One, such as a slave or serf, who is held in bondage.b. One who is in the power of another or under the sway of an influence.tr.v. thralled, thrall·ing, thralls Archaic To enslave.

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[Middle English, slave, slavery, from Old English thrǣl, slave, bondman, from Old Norse thrǣll.]

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thrall′dom, thral′dom n.

thrall

(θrɔːl) n1. Also called: thraldom or thralldom (US)the state or condition of being in the power of another person2. a person who is in such a state3. a person totally subject to some need, desire, appetite, etcvb (tr) to enslave or dominate[Old English thrǣl slave, from Old Norse thrǣll]

thrall

(θrɔl)

n. 1. a person who is in bondage; slave. 2. a person who is morally or mentally enslaved by some power, influence, etc. 3. slavery; thralldom. v.t. 4. Archaic. to put or hold in thralldom; enslave. adj. 5. Archaic. subjected to bondage; enslaved. Idioms: in thrall, in the power of someone or something; in a state of subjugation or rapt absorption: The speaker held us in thrall. [before 950; Middle English; Old English thrǣl < Old Norse thrǣll slave]

thrall

Past participle: thralled
Gerund: thralling

Imperative
thrall
thrall

Present
I thrall
you thrall
he/she/it thralls
we thrall
you thrall
they thrall

Preterite
I thralled
you thralled
he/she/it thralled
we thralled
you thralled
they thralled

Present Continuous
I am thralling
you are thralling
he/she/it is thralling
we are thralling
you are thralling
they are thralling

Present Perfect
I have thralled
you have thralled
he/she/it has thralled
we have thralled
you have thralled
they have thralled

Past Continuous
I was thralling
you were thralling
he/she/it was thralling
we were thralling
you were thralling
they were thralling

Past Perfect
I had thralled
you had thralled
he/she/it had thralled
we had thralled
you had thralled
they had thralled

Future
I will thrall
you will thrall
he/she/it will thrall
we will thrall
you will thrall
they will thrall

Future Perfect
I will have thralled
you will have thralled
he/she/it will have thralled
we will have thralled
you will have thralled
they will have thralled

Future Continuous
I will be thralling
you will be thralling
he/she/it will be thralling
we will be thralling
you will be thralling
they will be thralling

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been thralling
you have been thralling
he/she/it has been thralling
we have been thralling
you have been thralling
they have been thralling

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been thralling
you will have been thralling
he/she/it will have been thralling
we will have been thralling
you will have been thralling
they will have been thralling

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been thralling
you had been thralling
he/she/it had been thralling
we had been thralling
you had been thralling
they had been thralling

Conditional
I would thrall
you would thrall
he/she/it would thrall
we would thrall
you would thrall
they would thrall

Past Conditional
I would have thralled
you would have thralled
he/she/it would have thralled
we would have thralled
you would have thralled
they would have thralled

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	thrall - the state of being under the control of another personslavery, thraldom, thralldom, bondagesubjection, subjugation - forced submission to control by othersbonded labor - a practice in which employers give high-interest loans to workers whose entire families then labor at low wages to pay off the debt; the practice is illegal in the United Statesservitude - state of subjection to an owner or master or forced labor imposed as punishment; "penal servitude"serfdom, serfhood, vassalage - the state of a serf
	2.	thrall - someone held in bondagebond servant - someone bound to labor without wageshelot, serf, villein - (Middle Ages) a person who is bound to the land and owned by the feudal lord

thrall

noun slavery, bondage, servitude, enslavement, subjugation, serfdom, subjection, vassalage, thraldom Our children will be even more in the thrall of the silicon chip.

thrall

nounA state of subjugation to an owner or master:bondage, enslavement, helotry, serfdom, servileness, servility, servitude, slavery, thralldom, villeinage, yoke.

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