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FETTERED

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 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Bound by chains fastened around the ankles

Synonyms:

fettered; shackled

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

bound (confined by bonds)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Past simple / past participle of the verb fetter

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 Context examples: 

I'll get admitted there, and I'll stir up mutiny; and you, three-tailed bashaw as you are, sir, shall in a trice find yourself fettered amongst our hands: nor will I, for one, consent to cut your bonds till you have signed a charter, the most liberal that despot ever yet conferred.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)