α. 1600s– immanacle.
β. 1900s– enmanacle.
immanaclev.
/(ˌ)ɪˈmanəkl/, U.S. /ɪˈmænək(ə)l/ Now rare.
transitive. To put manacles on; to handcuff, fetter. Also figurative. Frequently in passive.In quot. 1993 with reference to Milton's use: see quot. 1637.
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society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restraint depriving of liberty > binding or fettering > bind, fetter, or shackle [verb (transitive)] > by the hands or arms
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immanacle1637
handcuff1649
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hand-bolt1702
1637 J. Milton Comus 23 Thou canst not touch the freedome of my mind..Although this corporall rind Thou hast immanacl'd.
1794 W. Beckford Hist. France II. xxiv. 170 The unfortunate Ferdinand, Count of Flanders, reserved to grace the triumph of the victor, immanacled in an open car.
1799 Rep. Deb. Irish Bar, 9 Dec. 1798 78 It immanacles the mind, although it may commit no insult to the person.
1810 F. Dudley Amoroso I. 45 He found her on the floor..bleeding and immanacled.
1889 Justice & Jurispr. (Brotherhood of Liberty) 58 Transportation, the august grasping tyrant, who has immanacled and so ‘grievously ransomed’ Trade.
1911 H. Symmes Children of Shadow & Other Poems 72 Ensnared, she soon became Enmanacled by crime.
1993 J. T. Shawcross J. Milton ii. 29 Instead he immanacles her in an enchanted chair.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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