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Pronunciation : Fet"ter
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [AS. fetor, feter; akin to OS. feter, pl., OD. veter, OHG. fezzera, Icel. fj?turr, L. pedi, Gr. foot. sq. root 77. See Foot.] [Chiefly used in the plural, fetters.]
Definition : 1. A chain or shackle for the feet; a chain by which an animal is confined by the foot, either made fast or disabled from free and rapid motion; a bond; a shackle. [They] bound him with fetters of brass. Judg. xvi. 21.

2. Anything that confines or restrains; a restraint. Passion's too fierce to be in fetters bound. Dryden.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Fet"ter
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [imp. & p.p. Fettered (n. Fettering.]
Definition : Defn: 1. To put fetters upon; to shakle or confine the feet of with a chain; to bind. My heels are fettered, but my fist is free. Milton.

2. To reastrain from motion; to impose restrains on; to confine; to enchain; as, fettered by obligations. My conscience! thou art fettered More than my shanks and wrists. Shak.

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Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913