Meaning

3 senses

  1. (transitive)To make a slave of; enslave.

  2. (transitive)To address as a slave; call (someone) "slave".

  3. (transitive)To fill with slaves; pollute with slavery or slavedom.

Origin

From be- + slave.

From be- + slave.

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Forms

beslaves, beslaving, beslaved, beslaved
Base formbeslave · to beslave
3rd person singularbeslaves
Present participlebeslaving
Past simplebeslaved
Past participlebeslaved

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theybeslave
he, she, itbeslaves

Past simpleLesson

all personsbeslaved

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave beslaved
he, she, ithas beslaved

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill beslave

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
besideA1besidesA2besiegeC2besmirchbesottedbespeak
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