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Attempts to tame the wayward and domesticate the riotous, to make the unknowable predictable and enchain the free-roaming - all such things sound the death knell to love.
Zygmunt Bauman

Meaning of "enchain" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF ENCHAIN

enchain  [ɪnˈtʃeɪn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ENCHAIN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Enchain is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb enchain in English.

WHAT DOES ENCHAIN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of enchain in the English dictionary

The definition of enchain in the dictionary is to bind with chains. Other definition of enchain is to hold fast or captivate.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO ENCHAIN

PRESENT

Present
I enchain
you enchain
he/she/it enchains
we enchain
you enchain
they enchain
Present continuous
I am enchaining
you are enchaining
he/she/it is enchaining
we are enchaining
you are enchaining
they are enchaining
Present perfect
I have enchained
you have enchained
he/she/it has enchained
we have enchained
you have enchained
they have enchained
Present perfect continuous
I have been enchaining
you have been enchaining
he/she/it has been enchaining
we have been enchaining
you have been enchaining
they have been enchaining
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I enchained
you enchained
he/she/it enchained
we enchained
you enchained
they enchained
Past continuous
I was enchaining
you were enchaining
he/she/it was enchaining
we were enchaining
you were enchaining
they were enchaining
Past perfect
I had enchained
you had enchained
he/she/it had enchained
we had enchained
you had enchained
they had enchained
Past perfect continuous
I had been enchaining
you had been enchaining
he/she/it had been enchaining
we had been enchaining
you had been enchaining
they had been enchaining
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will enchain
you will enchain
he/she/it will enchain
we will enchain
you will enchain
they will enchain
Future continuous
I will be enchaining
you will be enchaining
he/she/it will be enchaining
we will be enchaining
you will be enchaining
they will be enchaining
Future perfect
I will have enchained
you will have enchained
he/she/it will have enchained
we will have enchained
you will have enchained
they will have enchained
Future perfect continuous
I will have been enchaining
you will have been enchaining
he/she/it will have been enchaining
we will have been enchaining
you will have been enchaining
they will have been enchaining
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would enchain
you would enchain
he/she/it would enchain
we would enchain
you would enchain
they would enchain
Conditional continuous
I would be enchaining
you would be enchaining
he/she/it would be enchaining
we would be enchaining
you would be enchaining
they would be enchaining
Conditional perfect
I would have enchain
you would have enchain
he/she/it would have enchain
we would have enchain
you would have enchain
they would have enchain
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been enchaining
you would have been enchaining
he/she/it would have been enchaining
we would have been enchaining
you would have been enchaining
they would have been enchaining
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you enchain
we let´s enchain
you enchain
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to enchain
Past participle
enchained
Present Participle
enchaining
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ENCHAIN


Bahrain
bɑːˈreɪn
brain
breɪn
campaign
kæmˈpeɪn
chain
tʃeɪn
contain
kənˈteɪn
disenchain
ˌdɪsɪnˈtʃeɪn
domain
dəˈmeɪn
explain
ɪkˈspleɪn
gain
ɡeɪn
interchain
ˌɪntəˈtʃeɪn
jane
dʒeɪn
lain
leɪn
lane
leɪn
main
meɪn
Maine
meɪn
maintain
meɪnˈteɪn
multichain
ˌmʌltɪˈtʃeɪn
obtain
əbˈteɪn
pain
peɪn
unchain
ʌnˈtʃeɪn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ENCHAIN

enchafe
enchainment
enchant
enchanted
enchanter
enchanter´s nightshade
enchanting
enchantingly
enchantment
enchantress
encharge
encharm
enchase
enchaser
encheason
encheer
encheiridion
enchilada
enchiridia
enchiridion

WORDS THAT END LIKE ENCHAIN

ball and chain
branched chain
curb chain
daisy chain
door chain
drive chain
fast-food chain
food chain
grand chain
hain
heavy chain
hotel chain
long-chain
Markov chain
mountain chain
off the chain
open chain
paper chain
side chain
straight chain
supply chain

Synonyms and antonyms of enchain in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «ENCHAIN»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «enchain» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of enchain

Translation of «enchain» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ENCHAIN

Find out the translation of enchain to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of enchain from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «enchain» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

就很容易迷住
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

enchain
570 millions of speakers

English

enchain
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

enchain
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

enchain
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

enchain
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

acorrentar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

শৃঙ্খলিত করা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

enchaîner
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Enchain
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

in Ketten legen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

enchain
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

사슬로 매다
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Enchain
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

buộc
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

விலங்கிடு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सांत्वन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

zincirlemiş
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

incatenare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

enchain
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

enchain
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

enchain
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αλυσοδένω
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

enchain
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

enchain
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

enchain
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of enchain

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ENCHAIN»

The term «enchain» is normally little used and occupies the 130.407 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ENCHAIN» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «enchain» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «enchain» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about enchain

EXAMPLES

QUOTES WITH «ENCHAIN»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word enchain.
1
Zygmunt Bauman
Attempts to tame the wayward and domesticate the riotous, to make the unknowable predictable and enchain the free-roaming - all such things sound the death knell to love.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ENCHAIN»

Discover the use of enchain in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to enchain and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The National Daily Press of France
The Canard enchain'e also first revealed to the world the so- called "sniffer plane" affair and Valery Giscard d'Estaing's "Dia- mondgate" (see below). These revelations and others have made the Canard enchain'e an important counterweight ...
Clyde Thogmartin, 1998
2
Greening the Psychological Pollution of Human
... to improve its psychological “compass” invisible and hardly perceptible which directs nature and rattled?; Maybe the man with the power to auto freedom itself from the “place” invisible and perceptible that it hardly “enchain psychologically”,  ...
Valer Gabrian, Cornel Florea-Gabrian, 2011
3
A Manual of English Gujarati Dictionary
Enchain. (. 237. ) Endow. Enchain, (3H'*K) vt. The chain; to fasten ; intrusion: M^ Piyi^i. '2. That which is taken with chain: %ii4«l*h "liUa". 2. To hold fast; to ! by encroaching on another: <*{M«u confine: •MwtHft vu^-inXl <PH--)'. 3. To link ...
N. R. Ranina, 2003
4
Venetian-English English-Venetian: When in Venice Do as the ...
... inbuxàrse [inbuxàrse] v.refl. hide, disappear. inbuxastràçeTS [inbuxastràçe] n.m.s. untidy, incabaià [inkabalà] adj. tricked, deceived, incadenàr [inkadenàr] v.tr . chain, enchain, incaeciàr" [inkaeciàr] v.tr. nail, incaenadùra [inkaenadùra] n.f.s. ...
Lodovico Pizzati, 2007
5
Eros and Magic in the Renaissance
Indeed, the verb vincire, "to enchain," is used in contexts where its active, operational meaning leaves no shadow of a doubt: "He who is in possession of the universal cause, or at least the nature, the tendency, the attitude, the use, and the ...
Ioan P. Culianu, 1987
6
The Boston glee book,: consisting of an extensive collection ...
zS^=t £=fc ipzzpzzazzp: ,->£> i^sai virtue's home of peace ; With mild control, Enchain the soul, In joys that never cease, In joys that never cease. -^i-JCT^ ^=r z £zz£z->iz£: m £=£ PT* virtue's home of peace ; With mild control, Enchain fhe soul, ...
‎1839
7
Reminiscences: Moral Poems and Translations. With an ...
Her voice is like the night breeze, Half murmuring and half shrill, That dies along the poplars, Her charms enchain me still. How truly I adore her Bear ^witness conscious rill, Whose babblings are repeating, Her charms enchain me still.
Jeremiah Fellowes, Selah Gridley, 1824
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The New And Complete Dictionary Of The English Language: In ...
Enchain'ing (i. srom tbe part.) The act os fastening with ' a chai a. Enchant'ing (t. srom tbepart.) The act of afftcting with ' enchantaient. Encom'patnng {s. srom tbepart.) The act of ínclosing on every suie. Enco'rin^ (p. a. srom encore) Desiring a ...
John Ash, 1775
9
Fables ... translated into English verse. Fr. & Eng
e. Why. thus. enchain'd. thy. little. head. P. ' 5 Why like an helpless infant led i" 5 Me P' quoth the Spaniel, 5 no such thing5 I am not led; but, with this string, 5 'Tis I that lead-as you may see5 The poor blind man who follows me. 5 From door to ...
Louis Jules Henri BARBON MAZARINI MANCINI (Duke de Nivernois and d'Onziois.), 1799
10
Works
The. God. who. holds. the. chain. can't. be. enchain'd. *;. By. his. blest. will. are. all . events. ordain'd. : rit; 3 * The univerfal chain is not, as some have thought, a legulac gradation which connects all beings. There is, in all probability, ...
Voltaire, Tobias George Smollett, Thomas Francklin, 1764

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ENCHAIN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term enchain is used in the context of the following news items.
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Forced Vaccinations Takes Away Human Rights and Choice
In addition, to enchain us, it is about a $100 Billion Vaccine Market in 2025 Featuring Many New Vaccines. Medicine is about money and ... «GroundReport, Jun 15»
2
Full text of Maryam Rajavi's speech at Iran Freedom Rally 2015
When he left the Shah's prison, Massoud asked: “How could anyone shackle and enchain a nation forever?” In pursuit of the ideal of freedom, ... «NCR-Iran.org, Jun 15»
3
Jon Griffith and Will Sim make alpine-style first ascent of NW Face of …
So it left quite committing rapping down this face without knowing if the raps would actually enchain or we'd just get stuck. After the first few it felt ... «Planetmountain, Jun 15»
4
Did you know that parrots in Chittorgarh are drug addicts & cannot …
The fluid is a cocktail of alkaloids that can enchain the mind. Soon after, these parrots become addicts and the drug becomes an essential part ... «Newsx, May 15»
5
Sure of NA246 win, MQM bugs PTI with big show
KARACHI: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Imran Khan has not arrived in Karachi to 'emancipate' the people but rather 'enchain' them by ... «SAMAA TV, Apr 15»
6
Johnson: the original Johnson
... vain; sounds are too volatile and subtile for legal restraints; to enchain syllables, and to lash the wind, are equally the undertakings of pride. «The Economist, Apr 15»
7
Iran's war on women
Obviously, by subjugating women, the mullahs seek to enchain the society as a whole. Under the tenure of the regime's smiling president ... «The Hill, Mar 15»
8
Parents Are The Reason I'm Still Single
They enchain me in such a situation. I have only one brother and he doesn't care about me at all. We hardly communicate with each other. «Onislam.net, Mar 15»
9
Two Cheers for Corruption
Ms. Chayes and Mr. Cost and the neo-institutionalists believe we can enchain the state with “mechanisms.” I doubt it. Adding laws onto an ... «Wall Street Journal, Feb 15»
10
Simone Moro and Tamara Lunger, Manaslu Base Camp interview
And, furthermore, to enchain the main summit (8163m) with the East Pinnacle, the ”secondary" peak, or rocky pinnacle, that rises to 7,992 ... «Planetmountain, Feb 15»

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