Enchain
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Enchain is a verb meaning (transitive) To restrain with, or as if with, chains.
Meaning
(transitive) To restrain with, or as if with, chains.
More Meanings
- (transitive) To link together.
Example Sentences
[B]y this sign one enchained the demons of the air, the spirits of fire, the phantoms of water and ghosts of earth.
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 utterance, threw a sort of spell over him, enchained by a species of self-command insupportably agonizing.
Word Forms
- enchains
- enchaining
- enchained
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include bound, chained, chain, enfetter, shackle, interchain.
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