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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Chain \Chain\, v. t. [imp. p. p. {Chained} (ch[=a]nd); p. pr & vb n. {Chaining}.] 1. To fasten, bind, or connect with a chain; to fasten or bind securely, as with a chain; as to chain a bulldog. Chained behind the hostile car --Prior. 2. To keep in slavery; to enslave. And which more blest? who chained his country, say Or he whose virtue sighed to lose a day? --Pope. 3. To unite closely and strongly. And in this vow do chain my soul to thine. --Shak. 4. (Surveying) To measure with the chain. 5. To protect by drawing a chain across as a harbor. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: chained adj : bound with chains; "enchained demons strained in anger to gnaw on his bones"; "prisoners in chains" [syn: {enchained}, {in chains(p)}]
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