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enchaining

enchaining is the present participle and gerund of enchain.

Meaning of enchain

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
  2. (transitive) To link together.

Questions about enchaining

What is enchaining the present participle and gerund of?
Enchaining is the present participle and gerund of enchain.

Words near enchaining in the dictionary

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

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