enfetters

verb

present tense third-person singular of enfetter
as in binds
to confine or restrain with or as if with chains enfettered by debt, she was in no position to take early retirement

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for enfetters
  1. binds
  2. ties
  3. hampers
  4. chains
Verb
  • My phone was erased, and the attacker had switched on Activation Lock, the anti-theft feature that binds a device to its owner's Apple ID.
    — Ryan Pettit, Time, 7 July 2026
  • What binds them is a Supreme Court case from 1857, when a man named Dred Scott sued for his freedom.
    — Carrie Johnson, NPR, 7 July 2026
Definition of binds
Verb
  • Tyler Tolbert ties an MLB record with hits in 12 straight at-bats!
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 8 July 2026
  • Perry nearly ties her top placement yet on the Official Albums Streaming chart, but misses out on doing so by just one space.
    — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
Definition of ties
Verb
  • Maintain a safe distance from large vehicles - Trucks or buses can produce a water spray that hampers visibility.
    — NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 5 July 2026
  • Maintain a safe distance from large vehicles - Trucks or buses can produce a water spray that hampers visibility.
    — KANSAS CITY STAR WEATHER BOT, Kansas City Star, 21 June 2026
Definition of hampers
Verb
  • To address this, Ivo uses a multi-step pipeline that chains together more than 400 model calls for each contract review.
    — Charlie Fink, Forbes.com, 20 Jan. 2026
  • Tokyo Central is owned by Japanese company Pan Pacific Retail Management, which also runs the grocery chains Gelson’s and Don Quijote.
    — John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 3 Dec. 2025
Definition of chains
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“Enfetters.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enfetters. Accessed 13 Jul. 2026.

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