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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. v. To hold spellbound; captivate: The magic show enthralled the audience.
  2. v. To enslave.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. To reduce to the condition of or hold as a thrall or captive; enslave or hold in bondage or subjection; subjugate.
  2. Hence To reduce to or hold in mental subjection of any kind; subjugate, captivate, or charm: as, to enthrall the judgment or the senses.

Wiktionary

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

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. v. To hold in thrall; to enslave. See inthrall.

WordNet 3.0

  1. v. hold spellbound

Etymologies

  1. en- + thrall ("to control another's mind, to enslave"). (Wiktionary)
  2. Middle English, to put in bondage : en-, causative pref.; see en-1 + thrall, slave; see thrall. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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  • brtom ... for so
    I formd them free, and free they must remain,
    Till they enthrall themselves ...

    Milton, Paradise Lost III Dec 18, 2006

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