Enchain

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Enchain \En*chain"\, v. t. [F. encha[^i]ner; pref. en- (L. in)
     cha[^i]ne chain. See {Chain}, and cf. {Incatenation}.]
     1. To bind with a chain; to hold in chains.
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     2. To hold fast; to confine; as, to enchain attention.


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     3. To link together; to connect. --Howell.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  enchain
       v : restrain or bind with chains