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enfettering

enfettering is the present participle and gerund of enfetter.

Meaning of enfetter

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...

Questions about enfettering

What is enfettering the present participle and gerund of?
Enfettering is the present participle and gerund of enfetter.

Words near enfettering in the dictionary

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

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