incatenation
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin incatenatio, from Latin in- (“in”) + catena (“chain”). See enchain.
Noun edit
incatenation (uncountable)
- (archaic) The act of linking together; enchaining.
- Synonym: catenation
- 1765, [Oliver] Goldsmith, “Essay XVIII”, in Essays. […], London: […] W. Griffin […], →OCLC, page 151:
- […] I am apt to think, that a perſon, vvho vvas ready to give more knovvledge than he received, vvould be vvelcome vvherever he came. […] Hovv much more nobly vvould a philoſopher, thus employed, ſpend his time, than […] more triflingly ſedulous in the incatenation of fleas, or the ſculpture of cherry-ſtones.
References edit
- “incatenation”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.