| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | man·a·cle |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  m n  -kl |
| NOUN: | 1. A device for confining the hands, usually consisting of a set of two metal rings that are fastened about the wrists and joined by a metal chain. 2. Something that confines or restrains. | | TRANSITIVE VERB: | Inflected forms: man·a·cled, man·a·cling, man·a·cles
To confine or restrain with or as if with manacles; fetter. See synonyms at hamper1. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English, from Old French manicle, from Latin manicula, diminutive of manus, hand. See man-2 in Appendix I.
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