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enchaining, ppl. a.|ɛnˈtʃeɪnɪŋ| [f. enchain v. + -ing2.] That enchains. †1. Forming a chain or linked series. fig. Obs.
1658R. White tr. Digby's Powd. Symp. (1660) 143 These..causes are so enchaining one within the other. 2. That holds or rivets the attention.
1823Sismondi's Lit. Europe (1846) I. ii. 55 Scarcely a volume..contains passages breathing a more enchaining eloquence. 1866J. Martineau Ess. I. 64 The most enchaining and irresistible is James Mill. |