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enchain

verb · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

verb

Meaning 1

To restrain with, or as if with, chains.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

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2

verb

Meaning 2

To link together.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

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3

verb

Meaning 3

restrain or bind with chains

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: restrain, confine, hold

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h1én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Old French en-bor. Middle English en- English en- English chain English enchain From en- + chain.

Across languages

Translations

11 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: mbërthej — to restrain with, or as if with, chains
  • Breton: chadennañ — to restrain with, or as if with, chains
  • Bulgarian: оковавам (okovavam) — to restrain with, or as if with, chains
  • Czech: spoutat — to restrain with, or as if with, chains
  • Greek: αλυσοδένω (alysodéno) — to restrain with, or as if with, chains
  • Ido: katenizar — to restrain with, or as if with, chains
  • Italian: incatenare — to restrain with, or as if with, chains
  • Italian: catenare — to restrain with, or as if with, chains
  • Spanish: encadenar — to restrain with, or as if with, chains
  • Turkish: zincirlemek — to restrain with, or as if with, chains
  • Ottoman Turkish: زنجیرلمك (zincirlemek) — to restrain with, or as if with, chains