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enchained

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en·chain  (n-chn)
tr.v. en·chained, en·chain·ing, en·chains
To bind with or as if with chains.
en·chainment n.
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Adj.1.enchained - bound with chains; "enchained demons strained in anger to gnaw on his bones"; "prisoners in chains"
chained
bound - confined by bonds; "bound and gagged hostages"
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But I lay enchained to my love for my children: desire spread this snare for me--the desire for love--that I should become the prey of my children, and lose myself in them.
Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book For All And None by Nietzsche, Friedrich View in context
and all my life is enchained to yours, and all my heart is yours forever.
Ten Years Later by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
After a fearful agony and a sense of something huge, bigger than the head itself, being torn out of his jaw, the sufferer, hardly able to believe in his own good luck, feels all at once that what has so long poisoned his existence and enchained his attention, exists no longer, and that he can live and think again, and take interest in other things besides his tooth.
Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
 
 
 
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