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enslaveenslave /ɪnˈsleɪv/ verb [transitive usually passive] VERB TABLEenslave |
Present | I, you, we, they | enslave | | he, she, it | enslaves | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | enslaved | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have enslaved | | he, she, it | has enslaved | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had enslaved | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will enslave | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have enslaved |
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Present | I | am enslaving | | he, she, it | is enslaving | | you, we, they | are enslaving | Past | I, he, she, it | was enslaving | | you, we, they | were enslaving | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been enslaving | | he, she, it | has been enslaving | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been enslaving | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be enslaving | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been enslaving |
1formal to trap someone in a situation that he or she cannot easily escape from: Many Americans are enslaved in credit-card debt.2to make someone into a slave—enslavement noun [uncountable] |