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English
Etymology
From be- + fetter.
Verb
befetter (third-person singular simple present befetters, present participle befettering, simple past and past participle befettered)
- (transitive) To confine with fetters; restrain as if by fetters.
1837, Thomas Carlyle, chapter X, in The French Revolution: A History , volume II (The Constitution), London: Chapman and Hall, →OCLC, book I (The Feast of Pikes), page 52:They are the mute representatives of their tongue-tied, befettered, heavy-laden Nations; who from out of that dark bewilderment gaze wistful, amazed, with half-incredulous hope, towards you, and this your bright light of a French Federation[.]
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