Antonyms for fetter
Grammar : Verb |
Spell : fet-er |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈfɛt ər |
Definition of fetter
Origin :- Old English fetor "chain or shackle for the feet," from Proto-Germanic *fetero (cf. Old Saxon feteros (plural), Middle Dutch veter "fetter," in modern Dutch "lace, string," Old High German fezzera, Old Norse fiöturr, Swedish fjätter), from PIE root *ped- "foot" (see foot (n.)). The generalized sense of "anything that shackles" had evolved in Old English. Related Fetters.
- verb tie up, hold
- Briefly, I sketched the Chief's report, Fetter nodding every few words.
- Extract from : « Priestess of the Flame » by Sewell Peaslee Wright
- Marriage is no fetter about a man or woman, binding both to that which they may get to hate.
- Extract from : « The Soul of a People » by H. Fielding
- Each engagement, even a temporary one, was felt as a fetter by Erasmus.
- Extract from : « Erasmus and the Age of Reformation » by Johan Huizinga
- It is a bauble meant to gratify her: why make it a fetter, be it ever so light a one?
- Extract from : « Molly Bawn » by Margaret Wolfe Hamilton
- The groan of breaking hearts is there—The falling lash—the fetter's clank!
- Extract from : « The Liberty Minstrel » by George W. Clark
- Froude and I were nobodies; with no characters to lose, and no antecedents to fetter us.
- Extract from : « Apologia Pro Vita Sua » by John Henry Cardinal Newman
- It consisted of seventy-two members of the Fetter Lane Society.
- Extract from : « History of the Moravian Church » by J. E. Hutton
- No longer was the Fetter Lane Society a calm abode of peace.
- Extract from : « History of the Moravian Church » by J. E. Hutton
- To yield to it, is to fetter our life with self-imposed and fantastic chains.
- Extract from : « Joyous Gard » by Arthur Christopher Benson
- The entente cordiale is simply a fetter and a dead weight upon you.
- Extract from : « Mr. Grex of Monte Carlo » by E. Phillips Oppenheim
Synonyms for fetter
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