bethrall

verb

bethrall

verb

Etymology From be- + thrall.

1

Rare To enthrall; enslave.

  • Ne let that wicked woman scape away ; For she it is , that did my lord bethrall1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto VIII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:

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