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FETTERED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Bound by chains fastened around the ankles
Synonyms:
fettered; shackled
Classified under:
Similar:
bound (confined by bonds)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb fetter
Context examples:
I'll get admitted there, and I'll stir up mutiny; and you, three-tailed bashaw as you are, sir, shall in a trice find yourself fettered amongst our hands: nor will I, for one, consent to cut your bonds till you have signed a charter, the most liberal that despot ever yet conferred.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
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