Hypertext Webster Gateway: "chained"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Chain \Chain\, v. t. [imp. p. p. {Chained} (ch[=a]nd); p. pr. &
vb. n. {Chaining}.]
1. To fasten, bind, or connect with a chain; to fasten or
bind securely, as with a chain; as, to chain a bulldog.
Chained behind the hostile car. --Prior.
2. To keep in slavery; to enslave.
And which more blest? who chained his country, say
Or he whose virtue sighed to lose a day? --Pope.
3. To unite closely and strongly.
And in this vow do chain my soul to thine. --Shak.
4. (Surveying) To measure with the chain.
5. To protect by drawing a chain across, as a harbor.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
chained
adj : bound with chains; "enchained demons strained in anger to
gnaw on his bones"; "prisoners in chains" [syn: {enchained},
{in chains(p)}]
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