enchain
verb (used with object)
to bind in or as in chain or chains; fetter; restrain.
had enchained
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past perfectof enchain.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Not yet had he divined that the deluded Honourable George might go to the unspeakable length of a matrimonial alliance with the woman who had enchained him.
From Ruggles of Red Gap by Harry Leon Wilson
He was obviously spinning it out, and the profound silence around told how completely he had enchained his hearers.
From Twice Bought by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne
That ascetic spirit was paramount, which had enchained the Christian world, that renunciation of secular affairs which explains the peculiar methods by which mediaeval views of life found expression.
From Christianity and Islam by C.H. Becker
The practical, energetic words of Elwood Brandon, whom he had imagined asleep at his side, broke the dreadful spell that had enchained Howard.
From Adrift in the Wilds or, The Adventures of Two Shipwrecked Boys by Edward Sylvester Ellis
Sidney Hinchford maintained a rigid silence for almost a similar reason to Harriet's; he was at loss how to begin, and break the spell which had enchained him since his engagement.
From Mattie:?A Stray (Vol 2 of 3) by Frederick William Robinson
