befetter

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verb

To confine with fetters; restrain as if by fetters.

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Meanings

verbbefetter (third-person singular simple present befetters, present participle befettering, simple past and past participle befettered)

present singular third person befetters · participle present befettering · participle past befettered · past befettered

  1. transitiveTo confine with fetters; restrain as if by fetters.

    They are the mute representatives of their tongue-tied, befettered, heavy-laden Nations; who from out of that dark bewilderment gaze wistful, amazed, with half-incredulous hope, towards you, and this your bright light of a French Federation[.]

    1837, Thomas Carlyle, chapter X, in The French Revolution: A History […], volume II (The Constitution), London: Chapman and Hall, →OCLC, book I (The Feast of Pikes), page 52

Origin

From be- + fetter.

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APA

befetter. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/befetter

MLA

“befetter.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/befetter. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “befetter,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/befetter.

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