inthral
Americanverb (used with object)
Other Word Forms
- inthralment noun
- uninthralled adjective
Example Sentences
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Enthral, en-thrawl′, Inthral, in-, v.t. to bring into thraldom or bondage: to enslave: to shackle.—ns.
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Who would trust His fame to what fleet ruin must inthral?
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When presently a Parliament is calld To sett things steddy, that stood not so right, But that thereby the poore might be inthral’d, Should they be vrged by those that were of might, That in his Empire, equitie enstauld, It should continue in that perfect plight; Wherefore to Lester, he th’Assembly drawes, There to Inact those necessary Lawes.
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But thou thy freedom did recall, That if thou might elsewhere inthral; And then how could I but disdain A captive's captive to remain?
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Every lovely face, On which I gaze, A phantom seems to me, That vainly strives to copy thee, Of all the graces that our souls inthral, Sole fount, divine original!
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