fetter
noun
a chain or shackle placed on the feet.
have fettered
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present perfectof fetter.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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Emotion, idealism, beauty—these have been always the evil spirits that have fettered art.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, February 11, 1914 by Sir Owen Seaman
Away frae the labour an' pother That have fettered our freedom sae lang!
From Fly Fishing in Wonderland by Klahowya
Amongst the men whose voices, opinions, or even presence might have fettered him, death had already stepped in, and was again coming to his aid.
From Memoirs To Illustrate The History Of My Time Volume 1 by John William Cole
Attempts to explain how the divine and human nature were combined in Christ convulsed the Byzantine Empire and have fettered succeeding generations with their stiff formulae.
From Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 1 by Sir Charles Eliot
A certain timidity and low estimate of my power have fettered me always.
From Quo Vadis: a narrative of the time of Nero by Jeremiah Curtin
