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Definition of Fettered
1. Adjective. Bound by chains fastened around the ankles.
Definition of Fettered
1. a. Seeming as if fettered, as the feet of certain animals which bend backward, and appear unfit for walking.
Definition of Fettered
1. Verb. (past of fetter) ¹
2. Adjective. Bound by chains or shackles ¹
3. Adjective. (context: by extension) Restricted ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Fettered
1. fetter [v] - See also: fetter
Medical Definition of Fettered
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Fettered
Literary usage of Fettered
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of England: From the Invasion of Julius Cæsar, to the Revolution by David Hume (1810)
"... clouded with darkness, and fettered with superstition; yet some of the seeds
were now sown, which afterwards ripened into literature. ..."
2. Mixed Essays by Matthew Arnold (1880)
"Shakspeare, who was not fettered by the scenic conditions of the modern theatre,
changed the place at every scene ; Cotz is cut up in the same fashion. ..."
3. Cyclopedia of American Government by Andrew Cunningham McLaughlin, Albert Bushnell Hart (1914)
"... law as it had long been in fact, the appointing power of the governor was
lessened, and the legislature again fettered, though amendment was made easy. ..."
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