incatenation

English

Etymology

From Latin incatenatio, from Latin in- (“in”) + catena (“chain”). See enchain.

Noun

incatenation (uncountable)

1. (archaic) The act of linking together; enchaining.

   Synonym: catenation

   • 1765, [Oliver] Goldsmith, “Essay XVIII”, in Essays. […], London: […] W[illiam] Griffin […], →OCLC, page 151:

     […] I am apt to think, that a perſon, vvho vvas ready to give more knovvledge than he received, vvould be vvelcome vvherever he came. […] Hovv much more nobly vvould a philoſopher, thus employed, ſpend his time, than […] more triflingly ſedulous in the incatenation of fleas, or the ſculpture of cherry-ſtones.

References

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