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English
Etymology
From en- + fetter.
Verb
enfetter (third-person singular simple present enfetters, present participle enfettering, simple past and past participle enfettered)
- To bind in fetters; to enchain.
c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :His soul is so enfettered to her love.
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