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Is there a word that means "render dependent on"?

English Language & Usage Asked by Gershy on April 5, 2021

If I convince someone to abandon a contract for some product they were buying, and get that product from me instead, I have "made them dependent on" me. Perhaps I have "dependify’d" them.

Is there a real word with this usage?

Thanks! 🙂

2 Answers

Engender or Enjoined is the word.

To enjoin them to buy from you is to cause or create a need for them to buy from only you. It is more polite than enslave but amounts to the same thing. So long as they need a product they will look to you. I hope you can be happy in serving them.

Answered by Elliot on April 5, 2021

I know no such word as you suggest. Two words come to mind:

You have ensnared them.

Ensnare = to catch or get control of something or someone:

Cambridge Dictionary

You may also have enticed them.

Entice = to persuade someone to do something by offering them something pleasant

Cambridge Dictionary

Which to choose? ensnare fits your example better.

I point out that you may ensnare (in a new contract) by enticing (with an attractive offer), but that you are unlikely to entice by ensnaring.

Answered by Anton on April 5, 2021

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