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KJV Dictionary Definition: fetter

fetter

FET'TER, n.

1. A chain for the feet; a chain by which an animal is confined by the foot, either made fast or fixed, as a prisoner, or impeded in motion and hindered from leaping, as a horse whose fore and hind feet are confined by a chain.

The Philistines bound Samson with fetters of brass.

Judges 16.

2. Any thing that confines or restrains from motion.

Passions too fierce to be in fetters bound.

FET'TER, v.t.

1. To put on fetters; to shackle or confine the feet with a chain.

2. To bind; to enchain; to confine; to restrain motion; to impose restraints on.

Fetter strong madness in a silken thread.

fettered

FET'TERED, pp. Bound or confined by fetters; enchained.

fettering

FET'TERING, ppr. Binding or fastening by the feet with a chain; confining; restraining motion.