(a) To deprive (sb., a people) of freedom, put in bondage, enslave; also, oppress (sb.); refl. submit (to a law); ben thralled to, be subject to (sb.); (b) of Jesus: to abase (himself); demean (his life for mankind); (c) to put (oneself) in service (to the Virgin Mary); put (oneself) in bondage or servitude (to the devil); also, of the god of love: enslave (sb.); thralled in his servise, in servitude to him (i.e., the devil); (d) fig. and in fig. context: to subject (one's reason to desires); restrict (one's freedom); of the god of love: make (the freedom of someone's heart) subject (to him); of the devil's fickleness: bind (sb. to his service); of an allegorical character: imprison or subdue (sb.) [quot. a1425(?a1400), 2nd]; ben thralled in servage, of love: be in bondage; ben thralled to, be a slave to (money); also, of an aspect of will: be subservient to (sth.).