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v. t. [ See Enthrall. ] To release from thralldom or slavery; to give freedom to; to disinthrall. [ Written also disenthral. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Liberation from bondage; emancipation; disinthrallment. [ Written also disenthralment. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Disinthralled p. pr. & vb. n. Disinthralling. ] [ Pref. dis- + inthrall. Cf. Disenthrall. ] To free from thralldom; to disenthrall. [ Written also disinthral. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A releasing from thralldom or slavery; disenthrallment. [ Written also disinthralment. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Pref. en- + thrall. Cf. Inthrall. ] [ Written also enthral. ] To hold in thrall; to enslave. See Inthrall. [ 1913 Webster ]

The bars survive the captive they enthrall. Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. held in slavery.
Syn. -- bond, enslaved, in bondage. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. filled with wonder and delight.
Syn. -- beguiled, captivated, charmed, delighted, entranced. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. 1. capturing interest as if by a spell; as, an enthralling book.
Syn. -- bewitching, captivating, enchanting, entrancing, fascinating. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. The act of enthralling, or state of being enthralled. See Inthrallment. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Inthralled p. pr. & vb. n. Inthralling. ] [ Cf. Enthrall. ] [ Written also inthral, enthral, and enthrall. ] To reduce to bondage or servitude; to make a thrall, slave, vassal, or captive of; to enslave. [ 1913 Webster ]

She soothes, but never can inthrall my mind. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Written also inthralment, enthrallment. ] Act of inthralling, or state of being inthralled; servitude; bondage; vassalage. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. thral, þral, Icel. þræll, perhaps through AS. þr&aemacr_;l; akin to Sw. träl, Dan. træl, and probably to AS. þrægian to run, Goth. þragjan, Gr. tre`chein; cf. OHG. dregil, drigil, a servant. ] 1. A slave; a bondman. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Gurth, the born thrall of Cedric. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Slavery; bondage; servitude; thraldom. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

He still in thrall
Of all-subdoing sleep. Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A shelf; a stand for barrels, etc. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to a thrall; in the condition of a thrall; bond; enslaved. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

The fiend that would make you thrall and bond. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To enslave. [ Obs. or Poetic ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Thraldom. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (a) Having no thralls. (b) Not enslaved; not subject to bonds. [ 1913 Webster ]