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beslave, v.|bɪˈsleɪv|
[f. be- 5 + slave.]
1. trans. To make a slave of, enslave. lit. and fig.
1615Bp. Hall Contempl. N.T. iv. iv. 198 He that..hath beslaved himself to a bewitching beauty. 1645Quarles Sol. Recant. iv. 51 Or if thy droyling hand should once beslave Thy glorious freedome.
2. To address as a slave, to call ‘slave.’
1630J. Taylor (Water P.) Wks. ii. 158/1, I will not rayle, or rogue thee, or be-slaue thee. 1713Addison Guardian No. 153 He is now chiding and beslaving the emmet that stands before him.
3. To fill with slaves, pollute with slavery.
1862J. Spence Amer. Union 246 Texas would not have been annexed and beslaved.
Hence beˈslaved ppl. a., beˈslaving vbl. n.
1656S. H. Gold. Law 54 Redeeming of many poor beslaved souls. 1641Ld. Digby Sp. in Ho. Com. 19 Jan. 16 Our beslaving since the Petition of Right. |