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bethralling

bethralling is the present participle and gerund of bethrall.

Meaning of bethrall

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

Questions about bethralling

What is bethralling the present participle and gerund of?
Bethralling is the present participle and gerund of bethrall.

Words near bethralling in the dictionary

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

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