manacle
To confine with manaclesTo confine with manacles.
» The police officers manacled her to a chair for questioning.
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1 sensesTo confine with manacles.
заковыватьzakovyvatʹ
confine or restrain with or as if with manacles or handcuffs
Examples
1 sentencesThe police officers manacled her to a chair for questioning.
Translations
3 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
The noun is derived from Middle English manacle, manakelle, manakil, manakyll, manicle, maThe noun is derived from Middle English manacle, manakelle, manakil, manakyll, manicle, manikil, manycle, manykil, manykle, from Anglo-Norman manicle, manichle (“gauntlet; handle of a plough; (in plural) manacles”), and Middle French manicle, Old French manicle (“armlet; gauntlet; (in plural) manacles”) (modern French manicle, manique (“gauntlet”)), from Latin manicula (“handle of a plough; manacle”), from manus (“hand”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)meh₂- (“to beckon, signal”)) + -cula (from -culus, variant of -ulus (suffix forming diminutive nouns)). Doublet of manicle and manicule.
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Forms
manacles, manacling, manacled, manacledSynonyms
2 synonymsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
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