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Enchain

[en-cheyn]

verb (used with object)

to bind in or as in chain or chains; fetter; restrain: to be enchained by ignorance and superstition.

to hold fast, as the attention.

Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English < Anglo-French, Old French enchainer, enchaener. See en-¹, chain

Related forms

en·chain·ment, noun

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enchain (ɪnˈtʃeɪn)

—vb
1.	to bind with chains
2.	to hold fast or captivate (the attention, etc)

en'chainment

—n

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