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fetterfet‧ter /ˈfetə $ -ər/ verb [transitive] literary ![](img/spkr_b.png) VERB TABLEfetter |
Present | I, you, we, they | fetter | | he, she, it | fetters | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | fettered | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have fettered | | he, she, it | has fettered | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had fettered | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will fetter | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have fettered |
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Present | I | am fettering | | he, she, it | is fettering | | you, we, they | are fettering | Past | I, he, she, it | was fettering | | you, we, they | were fettering | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been fettering | | he, she, it | has been fettering | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been fettering | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be fettering | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been fettering |
- The industry is fettered by debt.
- Any attempt to stifle or fetter such criticism amounts to political censorship of the most insidious and objectionable kind.
- Imaginations fettered by today's highly successful orthodoxy will break free.
- In fact, kids often tend to have a less fettered, more honest view of the world around them.
- It could fetter the independence of the judiciary.
- It is a personal agreement between shareholders which does not fetter the company in the exercise of its statutory powers.
- The advisers need to ensure that the obligations do not fetter the company's powers in any way.
- The words of the Insolvency Act 1986 do not fetter the court's discretion in any way.
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