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incatenation

incatenation noun: the act of linking together; enchaining.

Noun

incatenation (uncountable)

  1. (archaic) The act of linking together; enchaining.
    • […] I am apt to think, that a perſon, vvho vvas ready to give more knovvledge than he received, vvould be vvelcome vvherever he came. […] Hovv much more nobly vvould a philoſopher, thus employed, ſpend his time, than […] more triflingly ſedulous in the incatenation of fleas, or the ſculpture of...1765, [Oliver] Goldsmith, “Essay XVIII”, in Essays. […], London: […] W[illiam] Griffin […], →OCLC, page 151
    Synonyms:
    catenation

Synonyms of incatenation

Origin of incatenation

From Latin incatenatio, from Latin in- (“in”) + catena (“chain”). See enchain.

Questions about incatenation

What does incatenation mean?
Incatenation means the act of linking together; enchaining.
What part of speech is incatenation?
Incatenation is a noun.

Words near incatenation in the dictionary

  1. incastling
  2. incatenate
  3. incatenated
  4. incatenates
  5. incatenating
  6. incatenation
  7. incathedrate
  8. incathedrated
  9. incathedrates
  10. incathedrating
  11. incathedration

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