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enslaving

enslaving is the present participle and gerund of enslave.

Meaning of enslave

Verb

enslave (third-person singular simple present enslaves, present participle enslaving, simple past and past participle enslaved)

  1. (transitive) To make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall.
    • The migrants will be enslaved once they're no longer useful to the oligarchs; make no mistake about that.

Noun

enslaving (plural enslavings)

  1. An enslavement.
    • And the manifold evils which have filled the world for these thousands of years — the murders, enslavings, and robberies — the tyrannies of rulers, the oppressions of class, the persecutions of sect and party […]1851, Herbert Spencer, Social Statics: Or, the Conditions Essential to Human Happiness

Forms of enslaving

pluralenslavings

Questions about enslaving

What does enslaving mean?
Enslaving means an enslavement.
What is enslaving the present participle and gerund of?
Enslaving is the present participle and gerund of enslave.
What part of speech is enslaving?
Enslaving is a noun.
What is the plural of enslaving?
The plural of enslaving is enslavings.

Words near enslaving in the dictionary

  1. enslaver
  2. enslavers
  3. enslaves
  4. enslavest
  5. enslaveth
  6. enslaving
  7. enslavings
  8. Enslen
  9. Enslen's blackberry
  10. Enslen's dewberry
  11. Enslen's vine

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