Past tense of enslave
regular verb
The past tense of enslave is enslaved. The past participle is also enslaved.
Forms of enslave
| Base form (V1) | enslave /ɪnˈsleɪv/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | enslaved |
| Past participle (V3) | enslaved |
| Present participle | enslaving |
| Third person singular | enslaves |
Enslaved in a sentence
- The migrants will be enslaved once they're no longer useful to the oligarchs; make no mistake about that.
- From a society of a white elite ruling over a predominantly enslaved Black subaltern population, the Haitian Revolution generated a slaveless country that proceeded to suffer with socioeconomic divides.From the entry slaveless
- As a result, many Black people remained unfairly enslaved and indentured in the so-called free territory.2022, Mary Elise Antoine, Enslaved, Indentured, Free: Five Black Women on the Upper Mississippi, 1800–1850, Wisconsin Historical Society…. From the entry unfairly
- Indigenous protest was tied up with the resistance of enslaved peoples and trekboers.2020, Sujit Sivasundaram, Waves Across the South, William Collins, published 2021, page 82. From the entry trekboer
- Then like fifty years ago the Cardassians invaded Bajor and enslaved the people and basically holocausted them.2017 September, “Season Five [Bajoran]”, in Zachary Auburn, editor, A Field Guide to the Aliens of Star Trek: The Next Generation: An…. From the entry holocaust
Meaning of enslave
- verb To make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall.
Questions about the past tense of enslave
- What is the past tense of enslave?
- The past tense of enslave is enslaved.
- What is the past participle of enslave?
- The past participle of enslave is enslaved.
- Is enslave a regular or irregular verb?
- Enslave is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
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