Meanings
- archaicuncountableThe act of linking together; enchaining.
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[…] I am apt to think, that a perſon, vvho vvas ready to give more knovvledge than he received, vvould be vvelcome vvherever he came. […] Hovv much more nobly vvould a philoſopher, thus employed, ſpend his time, than […] more triflingly ſedulous in the incatenation of fleas, or the ſculpture of cherry-ſtones.
1765, [Oliver] Goldsmith, “Essay XVIII”, in Essays. […], London: […] W[illiam] Griffin […], →OCLC, page 151Synonyms: catenation
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe act of linking together; enchaining.
Origin
- Latinin-“in”
- Latinincatenatio
- Englishincatenation
From Latin incatenatio, from Latin in- (“in”) + catena (“chain”). See enchain.
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