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enchain

/ɪnˈtʃeɪn/

enchain verb: to restrain with, or as if with, chains.

Verb

enchain (third-person singular simple present enchains, present participle enchaining, simple past and past participle enchained)

  1. (transitive) To restrain with, or as if with, chains.
    • Powerful as were his own feelings, almost tempting him to throw himself at her feet, and make a full acknowledgment of his unvaried and never-ceasing love; yet his recollections of Harcourt, and circumstances therewith connected, the certainty of his expected arrival in England, restrained his...1838, [Letitia Elizabeth] Landon (indicated as editor), chapter XIX, in Duty and Inclination: […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 239
    • [B]y this sign one enchained the demons of the air, the spirits of fire, the phantoms of water and ghosts of earth.1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 152
  2. (transitive) To link together.

enchain meaning in Tamil, Bengali and Kannada

enchain in Tamil

சங்கிலியால் கட்டு, பிணி, தளையிடு

enchain in Bengali

শিকল দিয়ে, একত্রে সংযুক্ত করা

enchain in Kannada

ಸರಪಳಿ ಬಿಗಿ, ಸೆರೆಹಿಡಿ

Forms of enchain

third-person singular presentenchains
present participleenchaining
past participleenchained
pastenchained

Origin of enchain

From en- + chain.

Words formed from enchain

Questions about enchain

What does enchain mean?
Enchain means to restrain with, or as if with, chains.
What is enchain in Tamil?
Enchain in Tamil is சங்கிலியால் கட்டு, பிணி, தளையிடு. See Enchain meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is enchain?
Enchain is a verb.
How do you pronounce enchain?
Enchain is pronounced /ɪnˈtʃeɪn/.
What is the past tense of enchain?
The past tense of enchain is enchained.

Words near enchain in the dictionary

  1. encephlomyocarditis
  2. enchafe
  3. enchafed
  4. enchafes
  5. enchafing
  6. enchain
  7. enchained
  8. enchaining
  9. enchainment
  10. enchainments
  11. enchains

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Adapted from Wiktionary: enchain (page history and authors); enchain (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); enchain (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); enchain (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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