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takes slave

takes slave is the third-person singular simple present indicative of take slave.

Meaning of take slave

Verb

take slave (third-person singular simple present takes slave, present participle taking slave, simple past took slave, past participle taken slave)

  1. To enslave someone; to strip someone of their freedom.
    • His Behaviour brings to my Mind that of a certain proud beggarly Spaniard, of the Ausirian Faction, who, being taken Slave by the Algerines, came to our Conful Cole, who had an Order, from his Correspondent at Barcelona, to endeavour to redeem him.1731, Joseph Morgan, chapter IV, in History of Algiers, page 271

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What is takes slave the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Takes slave is the third-person singular simple present indicative of take slave.

Words near takes slave in the dictionary

  1. takes shape
  2. takes ship
  3. takes shipping
  4. takes sides
  5. takes silk
  6. takes slave
  7. takes soil
  8. takes some beating
  9. takes some doing
  10. takes someone at their word
  11. takes someone down the garden path

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