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bethrall

bethrall verb: to enthrall; enslave.

Verb

bethrall (third-person singular simple present bethralls, present participle bethralling, simple past and past participle bethralled)

  1. (rare, transitive) To enthrall; enslave.
    • Ne let that wicked woman scape away ; For she it is , that did my lord bethrall1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto VIII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

Forms of bethrall

third-person singular presentbethralls
present participlebethralling
past participlebethralled
pastbethralled
alternative formbethral

Origin of bethrall

From be- + thrall.

Questions about bethrall

What does bethrall mean?
Bethrall means to enthrall; enslave.
What part of speech is bethrall?
Bethrall is a verb.
What is the past tense of bethrall?
The past tense of bethrall is bethralled.

Words near bethrall in the dictionary

  1. bethought
  2. bethoxazin
  3. Bethpage
  4. Bethphage
  5. bethral
  6. bethrall
  7. bethralled
  8. bethralling
  9. bethralls
  10. bethreatened
  11. bethroned

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