Definition of Bethrall

1. v. t. To reduce to thralldom; to inthrall.

Definition of Bethrall

1. Verb. (transitive rare) To enthrall; enslave. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Bethrall

1. to enslave [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: enslave

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bethrall

bethanks
bethatch
bethel
bethels
bethesda
bethesdas
bethink
bethinking
bethinks
bethonged
bethorn
bethorned
bethorning
bethorns
bethought
bethrall (current term)
bethralls
bethreatened
bethrong
bethroth
bethrow
beths
bethumb
bethumbed
bethumbs
bethump
bethumped
bethumping
bethumps
bethwack

Literary usage of Bethrall

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1835)
"... At last appears an old man with My dearest lord! and deepe in dongeon staff—and blind—with a bunch of For she it is that did my lord bethrall, ..."

2. English Spelling and Spelling Reform by Thomas Raynesford Lounsbury (1909)
"Take, for illustration, catcall, downfall, downhill, bethrall, miscall, overf all, unroll, forestall. In Johnson's Dictionary these appear as ..."

3. An Italian and English Dictionary with Pronunciation and Brief Etymologies by August Hjalmar Edgren, Giuseppe Bico, John Lawrence Gerig (1901)
"considerare, reflet- tere; INTR.: ricordarsi. -thought-Mai, impf, e part, del v. bethink. bethrall, TR. : sottomettere. bethump, TR. ..."

4. Rules for Compositors and Readers at the University Press, Oxford by Oxford University Press, Horace Hart, James Augustus Henry Murray, Henry Bradley (1905)
"... bethrall bi-weekly bluish bogie (a truck) bogy (apparition) brier buffaloes by and by by the by cablegram calendar calligraphy canst canvas (cloth) ..."

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