Definition
To reduce someone to servitude or to make them a servant; a very rare or archaic term.
Etymology
Likely a back-formation or variant combining asserve + -ize (verb-forming suffix meaning to cause to become). This appears to be an extremely rare term, possibly from medieval or early modern legal or religious texts dealing with bondage and social status.
Kelly Says
This word is so rare that it barely exists in the historical record—it's almost a phantom word that someone might have created but that never caught on! It shows how productively English speakers can combine roots and suffixes to create new verbs, even if they don't stick around.
Translations
AMአማርኛ
አንድ ሰው አይነት
an-d se-w a-i-ne-t
BNবাংলা
দাসত্ব কর
da-s-t-wa kor
DEDeutsch
versklaven
ver-skla-ven
ELΕλληνικά
δουλεύω
do-u-le-vo
ESEspañol
someter
so-m-e-ter
FAفارسی
برده کردن
bar-de-e-kar-an
FISuomi
orjuuttaa
or-juu-taa
FRFrançais
asservir
as-ser-veer
GUGU
સબજ કરવું
sa-b-j kar-vu-n
HEעברית
להשתעבד
le-his-ta-ad
HIहिन्दी
दास बनाना
daas ba-na-na
HUMagyar
szolgálatba állítani
szol-ga-tat-ba al-li-ti-ni
IDBahasa Indonesia
menghukum
men-ghuk-um
ITItaliano
asservire
as-ser-vee-re
JA日本語
奴隷にする
nurei ni suru
KO한국어
굴복시키다
gul-bok-si-ki-da
MRMR
दास बनवणे
daas ba-n-va-ne
MSBahasa Melayu
menghukum
men-ghuk-um
MYမြန်မာ
လုပ်သား
lo-t-tha-ar
NLNederlands
verkeren
ver-ke-ren
PAPA
ਗੁਲਾਮ ਬਣਾ
gu-laam ba-na
PLPolski
poddać
pod-da-ch
PTPortuguês
asservir
as-ser-veer
RORomână
a supune
a su-pu-ne
SWKiswahili
kutana
ku-ta-na
TAதமிழ்
தளபதி
tha-la-pa-ti
TEతెలుగు
నాయకుడు
na-ya-ku-du
TLTL
maging alipin
ma-ging a-li-pin
TRTürkçe
köleleştirmek
ko-le-lis-ter-mek
UKУкраїнська
обслуговувати
ob-slu-go-vu-vat-i
URاردو
غلام بنانا
gha-lam ba-na-na
VITiếng Việt
bóc lột
bohk loht