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interchain en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *-tér Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥tér Proto-Italic *n̥ter Latin inter Latin inter-bor. English inter- English chain English interchain From inter- + chain.

Meanings

1. Between chains (of a polymer etc)

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
more interchain	Degree=Cmp		lexicographic
most interchain	Degree=Sup		lexicographic

interchain en · VERB

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *-tér Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥tér Proto-Italic *n̥ter Latin inter Latin inter-bor. English inter- English chain English interchain From inter- + chain.

Meanings

1. To link together; to unite closely or firmly, as if by a chain.
   • Two bosoms interchained with an oath. c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “A Midsommer Nights Dreame”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii]:

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
interchains	Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres		lexicographic
interchained	Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
interchained	Tense=Past		lexicographic
interchaining	Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic