Enchained
adj, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
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- 1 simple past and past participle of enchain form-of, participle, past
- 1 Linked together; forming a chain or interrelated sequence.
"A hem or seam for sewed articles, consisting of a main layer of textile or similar material and a superimposed layer of material having a turned-under edge and secured to said main layer by two connected rows of locked or enchained stitches entering and emerging at different points on the same side of the work , one of said rows entering under said edge, and said edge lying between the extremities of said stitches."
- 2 Not free; bound by chains or as if by chains; in bondage.
"Tell me, O ilustriaous deity, O sinless lord of all creatures, what are those words by which one becomes enchained and what those words by speaking which one may be freed from one's bonds."
- 1 bound with chains wordnet
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More examples"A hem or seam for sewed articles, consisting of a main layer of textile or similar material and a superimposed layer of material having a turned-under edge and secured to said main layer by two connected rows of locked or enchained stitches entering and emerging at different points on the same side of the work , one of said rows entering under said edge, and said edge lying between the extremities of said stitches."
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