enchain
Americanverb (used with object)
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to bind in or as in chain or chains; fetter; restrain.
to be enchained by ignorance and superstition.
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to hold fast, as the attention.
verb
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to bind with chains
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to hold fast or captivate (the attention, etc)
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of enchain
1350–1400; Middle English < Anglo-French, Old French enchainer, enchaener. See en- 1, chain
Example Sentences
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Enchain, en-chān′, v.t. to put in chains: to hold fast: to link together.—n.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various
Yet these great makings, Prince! involve Me not Enchain Me not!
From The Song celestial; or, Bhagabad-gîtâ (from the Mahâbhârata) being a discourse between Arjuna, prince of India, and the Supreme Being under the form of Krishna by Arnold, Edwin, Sir
While abject toil and fear Enchain thy daughters here, We yearn for thee, O Saxony!—
From Poems by Morris, George Pope
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