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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Hence it is that Beethoven broke deliberately several, though not indeed very many, of Bach's more enchaining rules, while Mozart, in his operas at least, had a large amount of Romance worked into his music.
From War Letters of a Public-School Boy by Henry Paul Mainwaring Jones
It appears to me to be written with wonderful power of enchaining the attention.
From The Lost Hunter A Tale of Early Times by John Turvill Adams
The past is, by its ruthless critics, conceived not infrequently as enchaining or enslaving.
From Human Traits and their Social Significance by Irwin Edman
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
Baltic had the gift of enchaining his hearers, and the audience hung upon his speech with breathless attention.
From The Bishop's Secret by Fergus Hume
