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enfetter

enfetter verb: to bind in fetters.

Verb

enfetter (third-person singular simple present enfetters, present participle enfettering, simple past and past participle enfettered)

  1. To bind in fetters
  2. (figuratively) To join, bind, unite
    • His soul is so enfettered to her love.c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac...

Forms of enfetter

third-person singular presentenfetters
present participleenfettering
past participleenfettered
pastenfettered

Origin of enfetter

From en- + fetter.

Questions about enfetter

What does enfetter mean?
Enfetter means to bind in fetters.
What part of speech is enfetter?
Enfetter is a verb.
What is the past tense of enfetter?
The past tense of enfetter is enfettered.

Words near enfetter in the dictionary

  1. enfeoffeth
  2. enfeoffing
  3. enfeoffment
  4. enfeoffments
  5. enfeoffs
  6. enfetter
  7. enfettered
  8. enfettering
  9. enfetters
  10. enfever
  11. enfevered

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