enchain
verb (used with object)
to bind in or as in chain or chains; fetter; restrain.
enchained
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past participleof enchain.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof enchain.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
enchainverb (used with object)to bind in or as in chain or chains; fetter; restrain.
Example Sentences
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When we first encounter the character, enchained in the dungeon at the opening of Act II, Florestan rises from exhaustion and cries out, “Gott! welch’ Dunkel hier!”
From New York Times ● Mar. 17, 2017
“With regard to black people, I think they are tired of seeing themselves enchained and downtrodden.”
From New York Times ● May 18, 2016
If my imagination weren't enchained by so much witless tradition and conformity, I might tag this segment to some more majestic and impromptu pattern of my own devising, one that reaches clear across the ecliptic.
From Slate ● Jul. 12, 2012
In The Golden Bough, Sir James Frazer describes how a tribesman chosen to be king must be enchained and thrashed before his coronation.
From Time Magazine Archive
Eisman was enchained, however, by FrontPoint Partners and, by extension, Morgan Stanley.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
