[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

chain \chain\, v. t. imp. p. p. chained ch=and; 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.
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            chained behind the hostile car.       --prior.
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   2. to keep in slavery; to enslave.
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            and which more blest? who chained his country, say
            or he whose virtue sighed to lose a day? --pope.
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   3. to unite closely and strongly.
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            and in this vow do chain my soul to thine. --shak.
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   4. surveying to measure with the chain.
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   5. to protect by drawing a chain across, as a harbor.
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chained chaining 

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