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English
Etymology
From Latin incatenatio, from Latin in- (“in”) + catena (“chain”). See enchain.
Noun
incatenation (uncountable)
- (archaic) The act of linking together; enchaining.
- Synonym: catenation
1765, Goldsmith, “Essay XVIII”, in Essays. , London: W Griffin , →OCLC, page 151:[…] I am apt to think, that a perſon, vvho vvas ready to give more knovvledge than he received, vvould be vvelcome vvherever he came. […] Hovv much more nobly vvould a philoſopher, thus employed, ſpend his time, than […] more triflingly ſedulous in the incatenation of fleas, or the ſculpture of cherry-ſtones.
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