enchainmentn.
/ɛnˈtʃeɪnmənt/ The action of enchaining; the state of being enchained.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > fact or action of being connected or connecting > [noun] > fact or action of being linked or linking
linking1545
interlinking1587
concatenation1603
enchainment1750
linkage1874
enlinkment1881
incatenation1885
ganging1887
interlinkage1904
the mind > attention and judgement > attention > earnest attention, concentration > [noun]
intendance1390
intentionc1400
intensiona1619
absorption1640
immersion1647
preoccupation1788
concentration1823
engrossment1838
self-condensation1841
enchainment1849
submergence1872
immersal1901
absorbency1974
1750 W. Warburton Julian ii. iii, in Wks. (1811) VIII. 132 A connection and enchainment of one fact to another.
1849 D. M. Mulock Ogilvies (1875) xxxix. 298 Passing enchainments of sense or fancy.
1855 F. P. Cobbe Ess. Intuitive Morals I. 101 The doctrine of the necessary enchainment of action with action.
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