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fet⋅ter

[fet-er]
–noun
1. a chain or shackle placed on the feet.
2. Usually, fetters. anything that confines or restrains: Boredom puts fetters upon the imagination.
–verb (used with object)
3. to put fetters upon.
4. to confine; restrain.

Origin:
bef. 900; ME, OE feter; c. OHG fezzera, ON fjǫturr; akin to foot


fet⋅ter⋅er, noun
fet⋅ter⋅less, adjective
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