enfetter

English

Etymology

From en- +‎ fetter.

Verb

enfetter (third-person singular simple present enfetters, present participle enfettering, simple past and past participle enfettered)

To bind in fetters
(figurative) To join, bind, unite
- c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iii]:
  His soul is so enfettered to her love.

References

“enfetter”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

Frenette