"enchain" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: enchains [present, singular, third-person], enchaining [participle, present], enchained [participle, past], enchained [past]
Etymology: en- + chain Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|en|chain}} en- + chain Head templates: {{en-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. Tags: transitive Translations (to restrain with, or as if with, chains): mbërthej (Albanian), chadennañ (Breton), оковавам (okovavam) (Bulgarian), αλυσοδένω (alysodéno) (Greek), katenizar (Ido), incatenare (Italian), catenare [archaic, rare] (Italian), زنجیرلمك (zincirlemek) (Ottoman Turkish), zincirlemek (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-enchain-en-verb-piBfA3hv Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with en- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 47 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with en-: 53 47 Disambiguation of 'to restrain with, or as if with, chains': 100 0
  2. (transitive) To link together. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-enchain-en-verb-6rM64cg7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with en- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 47 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with en-: 53 47
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: enchainment

Inflected forms

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      "word": "incatenare"
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      "word": "زنجیرلمك"
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      "sense": "to restrain with, or as if with, chains",
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