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Definition of Enchaining
1. enchain [v] - See also: enchain
Lexicographical Neighbors of Enchaining
Literary usage of Enchaining
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. General History of the Christian Religion and Church by August Neander, Joseph Torrey (1851)
"... understood the art of concealing their vanity and wickedness under the Cynic
guise, and of enchaining the multitude by various other fraudulent tricks. ..."
2. Chambers's Cyclopædia of English Literature: A History, Critical and by Robert Chambers (1876)
"Then, when he stands on the brink of everlasting ruin, waiting for the fatal
moment, imploring, yet distrusting repentance, a scene of enchaining interest, ..."
3. The Psychic Factor: An Outline of Psychology by Charles Van Norden (1894)
"THE enchaining AND GROUPING FUNCTION OF CONSCIOUSNESS. 1. MENTAL states are
recognized as coming and going in chains and groups. Think of Lamarck and Darwin ..."
4. Infectious Diseases by James Cornelius Wilson, Julius Lincoln Salinger (1910)
"... provided the enchaining process occurs in vital nerve-centres. But this
enchaining of toxin is not the only function which the nerve cells must fulfil ..."
5. The Favorite: An Opera in Four Acts by Gaetano Donizetti, Alphonse Royer, Eugène Scribe, William Fitzball, Gustave Vaëz (1847)
"Adieu, idol! this heart so enchaining, In vain thy spell I strive to break.
To thee alone my truth maintaining, Thus my cloister I forsake. ..."
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