Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - thrall
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Thrall
thrall
I. noun Etymology: Middle English thral, from Old English thr?l, from Old Norse thr?ll Date: before 12th century 1. a. a servant slave ; bondman; also serf b. a person in moral or mental servitude 2. a. a state of servitude or submission in ~ to his emotions b. a state of complete absorption mountains could hold me in ~ with a subtle attraction of their own — Elyne Mitchell • ~ adjective • ~dom or thraldom noun II. transitive verb Date: 13th century archaic en~, enslave
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n. literary 1 (often foll. by of, to) a slave (of a person, or a power or influence). 2 bondage; a state of slavery or servitude (in thrall). Derivatives thraldom n. (also thralldom). Etymology: OE thr{aelig}l f. ON thr{aelig}ll, perh. f. a Gmc root = run ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. ист. раб 2. ист. человек, неспособный противиться чему-л.; раб чего-л. thralls of sleep (Shakespeare) —- беспробудные сони to be a thrall to one's passions —- быть рабом своих страстей he is a thrall to drink —- он пьет беспробудно 3. ист. пленник 4. ист. рабство to have (to keep) smb. in thrall —- поработить кого-л., обратить кого-л. в рабство; держать кого-л. в рабстве 5. рабский 6. плененный; обращенный в рабство 7. ист. обращать в рабство ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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1. noun 1) раб 2) hist. рабство; to hold smb. in thrall - пленить, очаровать кого-л. Syn: see slave 2. v. hist. порабощать ...Англо-русский словарь
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If you say that someone is in thrall to a person or thing, you mean that they are completely in their power or are greatly influenced by them. (FORMAL) He is not in thrall to the media... Tomorrow’s children will be even more in the thrall of the silicon chip. N-UNCOUNT: oft in N to n ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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~ n in sb's thrall literary controlled or strongly influenced by someone or something (The magic of the evening held them in thrall.) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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