Enchained

adj, verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of enchain form-of, participle, past
Adjective
  1. 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. 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."

Adjective
  1. 1
    bound with chains wordnet

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"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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