chained
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Chain, v. t. [imp. p. p. Chained p. pr. & vb. n. Chaining.]
1. To fasten, bind, or connect with a chain; to fasten or bind securely, as with a chain; as, to chain a bulldog.
Chained behind the hostile car. --Prior.
2. To keep in slavery; to enslave.
And which more blest? who chained his country, say
Or he whose virtue sighed to lose a day? --Pope.
3. To unite closely and strongly.
And in this vow do chain my soul to thine. --Shak.
4. Surveying To measure with the chain.
5. To protect by drawing a chain across, as a harbor.
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chained
adj : bound with chains; "enchained demons strained in anger to
gnaw on his bones"; "prisoners in chains" [syn: enchained,
in chains(p)]