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took slave

took slave is the simple past 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

Questions about took slave

What is took slave the simple past of?
Took slave is the simple past of take slave.

Words near took slave in the dictionary

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

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