inthral
Americanverb (used with object)
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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?
From Tudor and Stuart Love Songs by Briscoe, John Potter
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!
From The Poems of Giacomo Leopardi by Townsend, Frederick
Who would trust His fame to what fleet ruin must inthral?
From Vacation Verse by MacKeracher, W. M.
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