1. to put fetters on; to shackle or chain
Usage: transitive verb; often used figuratively
2. to restrict or limit the freedom of; to constrain
Usage: transitive verb; figurative use

Examples

• The prisoners were enfettered with heavy iron chains.
• Outdated laws enfetter innovation in the tech industry.
• She felt enfettered by family obligations and yearned for independence.
• The regime sought to enfetter the press and silence dissent.
• Debt can enfetter a person's financial future.
• He refused to be enfettered by convention.