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English Dictionary: enthral by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
enthral
v
  1. hold spellbound [syn: enchant, enrapture, transport, enthrall, ravish, enthral, delight]
    Antonym(s): disenchant, disillusion
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Inthrall \In*thrall"\, 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.
  
               She soothes, but never can inthrall my mind. --Prior.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Enthrall \En*thrall"\, v. t. [Pref. en- + thrall. Cf.
      {Inthrall}.] [Written also {enthral}.]
      To hold in thrall; to enslave. See {Inthrall}.
  
               The bars survive the captive they enthrall. --Byron.
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