fetter
noun
a chain or shackle placed on the feet.
has fettered
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present perfectof fetter (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Its release from the thralldom which has fettered it would be a vast world service, would, indeed, be a vast benefit to Germany herself.
From The New York Times Current History of the European War, Vol. 1, January 9, 1915 What Americans Say to Europe by Various
Just as religion has fettered the human mind, and as property, or the monopoly of things, has subdued and stifled man's needs, so has the State enslaved his spirit, dictating every phase of conduct.
From Anarchism and Other Essays by Emma Goldman
Once more this mighty passion, that our aimless civilisation has fettered and maimed and sterilised and debased, gripped me and filled me with passionate delights and solemn joys—that were all, you know, futile and purposeless.
From Tono Bungay by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
Yet—yet—perhaps your high respect alone for this solemn compact has fettered your inclinations, which else had made a worthier choice.
From The Rivals A Comedy by Richard Brinsley Sheridan
This has been no small hindrance to their conversion, and has fettered the hands of many ministers of the gospel, and subjected them to great doubts and perplexities.
