Enslave, v. a.
- 1. Reduce to bondage, deprive of liberty, make a slave of.
- 2. Overpower, master, overmaster, subjugate, dominate.
Ensnare, v. a. [Written also Insnare.]
- 1. Entrap, catch.
- 2. Inveigle, allure, seduce.
- 3. Entangle, embarrass, encumber.
Ensue, v. n.
- 1. Follow, succeed, come after, be subsequent.
- 2. Issue, arise, spring, flow, come, result, proceed, be derived.
Ensure, v. a. Make secure, render certain, make sure.
Entail, v. a.
- 1. Transfer (by inalienable title), settle inalienably, make incapable of conveyance.
- 2. Transmit (by necessity), fix unalterably, devolve as a necessary consequence, involve inevitably.
Entangle, v. a.
- 1. Ensnare, entrap, catch involve in complication.
- 2. Confuse (by twisting or crossing), intertwine, intertwist, interweave, tangle, knot, mat.
- 3. Perplex, embarrass, encumber, ensnare.
- 4. Puzzle, bewilder, catch, perplex, involve in contradictions.
Entanglement, n.
- 1. Intricacy, involution, complication.