enchainment

Variant of enchain

transitive verb

  1. to bind or hold with chains; fetter
  2. to hold fast; captivate

Origin: ME encheinen < OFr enchainer: see en- & chain

Related Forms:

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
link/cite print suggestion box