enchain
verb (used with object)
to bind in or as in chain or chains; fetter; restrain.
enchaining
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present participleof enchain.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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Around them he grouped hostile, enchaining circumstances, which they confront fearlessly and, for a time perhaps, master, until the hour comes when they can no longer conquer.
From The Growth of English Drama by Arnold Wynne
At the last pair De Lara looks not, the first enchaining his attention.
From The Flag of Distress A Story of the South Sea by Mayne Reid
The Russian literature, which is at present enchaining the attention of the civilized world, is a brilliant variation of this theme, an imaginative commentary on this text.
From Essays on Scandinavian Literature by Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen
Princes seven, enchaining hands, Bear the live Head homeward.
From Lyra Heroica A Book of Verse for Boys by Various
And all these marvelous changes imparted to love that sweet sadness which is beyond all words poetic and enchaining.
From The Man Between, an International Romance by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr
