enchain
verb (used with object)
to bind in or as in chain or chains; fetter; restrain.
enchains
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present tense formof enchain (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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What is that power which enchains men and women for a season when death itself would be preferable to the bitter sweetness which fills the soul.
From An I.D.B. in South Africa by Louise Vescelius-Sheldon
A voice less austere meanwhile enchains the captive ear of the poet.
From International Weekly Miscellany — Volume 1, No. 3, July 15, 1850 by Various
Joyously they march along, Lights are flashing through the panes, In the streets a busy throng Curiosity enchains.
From The Burgomaster's Wife — Complete by Georg Ebers
Still less of a metaphor is it to declare that Macbeth enchains himself anew with every fresh crime.
From Wisdom and Destiny by Alfred Sutro
Can this be delusion, or infatuation, or is it a species of witchery that thus deceives, enchains, and blinds a people, in all other respects of quick imagination and natural talents?
From Auricular Confession and Popish Nunneries Volumes I. and II., Complete by William Hogan
