enchain

English

Etymology

en- +‎ chain

Verb

enchain (third-person singular simple present enchains, present participle enchaining, simple past and past participle enchained)

1. (transitive) To restrain with, or as if with, chains.
   • 1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 152:

     [B]y this sign one enchained the demons of the air, the spirits of fire, the phantoms of water and ghosts of earth.

2. (transitive) To link together.

Derived terms

• enchainment

Translations

to restrain with, or as if with, chains

• Albanian: mbërthej (sq)
• Bulgarian: оковавам (bg) (okovavam)
• Greek: αλυσοδένω (el) (alysodéno)

• Ido: katenizar (io)
• Italian: incatenare (it), catenare (archaic, rare)

Anagrams

• Chennai, inhance