Word of the Day Archive
Saturday June 26, 2010
enthrall \en-THRAWL\
, verb:
1. To captivate or charm.
2. To put or hold in slavery; subjugate.
"Lost" will both disappoint and enthrall -- and it will remain, long after it's over, a series people talk about.
-- Tim Goodman, "Spoiled: 'Lost, The End'", San Francisco Chronicle, May 2010
And his vows her heart enthrall;/ Feeling love's sharp pangs and blisses,/ Soon her tears begin to fall.
-- Goethe, "The God and the Bayadere, an Indian legend"
The thrall in enthrall is an Old Norse word meaning "slave."
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