enthrall

English

Alternative forms

• enthral (chiefly UK)

Etymology

From Middle English enthrallen, equivalent to en- +‎ thrall.

Verb

enthrall (third-person singular simple present enthralls, present participle enthralling, simple past and past participle enthralled)

1. (transitive) To hold spellbound; to bewitch, charm or captivate.
2. (transitive) To make subservient; to enslave or subjugate.

Synonyms

• (hold spellbound): bewitch, captivate, charm, hold in awe, transfix
• (make subservient): enslave, subjugate

Translations

hold spellbound

• Bulgarian: омайвам (bg) (omajvam), очаровам (bg) (očarovam)
• Catalan: embruixar (ca), captivar (ca)
• Danish: være vild med
• Dutch: betoveren (nl)
• Esperanto: ravi (eo), sorĉi
• Finnish: lumota (fi)
• French: captiver (fr)
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• German: fangen (de)
• Greek: γοητεύω (el) (goïtévo)
• Hungarian: elbűvöl (hu)
• Romanian: captiva (ro), fermeca (ro), vrăji (ro)
• Russian: зачаро́вывать (ru) impf (začaróvyvatʹ)
• Spanish: subyugar (es), cautivar (es), embrujar (es), embelesar (es)
• Ukrainian: зачаро́вувати impf (začaróvuvaty)

make subservient

• Bulgarian: поробвам (bg) (porobvam)
• Catalan: subjugar (ca)
• Danish: kue, underkue, undertrykke
• Esperanto: subigi
• Finnish: orjuuttaa (fi)
• German: unterwerfen (de)
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• Hungarian: rabjává tesz
• Polish: zniewolić (pl) pf
• Romanian: subjuga (ro), aservi (ro), înrobi (ro)
• Russian: порабоща́ть (ru) impf (poraboščátʹ)
• Ukrainian: понево́лювати impf (ponevóljuvaty), підко́рювати impf (pidkórjuvaty)