enfetterv.
/ᵻnˈfɛtə/, /ɛnˈfɛtə/, U.S. /ᵻnˈfɛdər/, /ɛnˈfɛdər/ transitive. To put into fetters, literal and figurative; also, to enslave to.
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society > authority > subjection > slavery or bondage > be slave of [verb (transitive)] > enslave
thrallc1275
thrall?a1366
tie1390
enthral1447
thrillc1485
mancipate1533
thirl1535
esclavish1583
bethrall1596
slave1602
embondage1607
bondage1611
enfetter1611
servilize1619
emancipate1629
beslave1634
enslave1656
bond1835
asservilize1877
society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restraint depriving of liberty > binding or fettering > bind, fetter, or shackle [verb (transitive)] > by the feet or legs
gyvec1290
fetterc1300
hopshackle?a1513
to lay (also set, clap, etc.) (a person) by the heels?1515
to lay fast by the feet1560
garter1604
enfetter1611
heela1638
1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. viii. 503/1 Those seruitudes wherewith..they were supposed to be enfettered.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) ii. iii. 336 His soule is so infetter'd to her loue. View more context for this quotation
1621 G. Sandys tr. Ovid First Five Bks. Metamorphosis iv. 100 Like a Serpent by an Eagle truss't; Which to his head and feet, infettered, clings.
1637 J. Bastwick Letany i. 4 They haue the keys..of all the prisons..to infetter any at their beck.
1860 C. Langster Hesperus 186 Love should be enfettered, hand and foot, For the long æon of a human year.
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