Other forms: enthralled, enthralling
To enthral is to hold somebody's attention completely. Enthral an audience, utterly enthralled, enthral the reader.
The thrall inside it means a slave, so to enthral was once to enslave, and the modern sense keeps the idea of being held without a choice. British spelling has one l and American has two. It is nearly always used in the passive.
1verbenthralTo hold somebody's attention completely.
“The storyteller enthralled the children, who sat perfectly still until the end.”
enthral is a captivating.
Also accepted in games: enthrall
Middle English
enthrallen
English
enthrall
English, today
enthral
enthrall comes from Middle English enthrallen. by surface analysis, en + en + thrall.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA
Practised in Sharper Verbs