manacle
noun
a shackle for the hand; handcuff.
has manacled
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present perfectof manacle (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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While I’m grateful that no one has manacled me to the inside of a well, my psychiatrist and I remind each other regularly: the science of treating mental illness is still in its dark ages.
From Scientific American ● May 8, 2013
Was it of the blood only, because she was one of those women nature has manacled with the heaviness of the earth's demands?
From Old Crow by Alice Brown
