interchain

adj, verb — 2 senses

adj

Etymology From inter- + chain.

Chemistry, Natural sciences, Physical sciences Between chains (of a polymer etc)

verb

Etymology From inter- + chain.

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]:

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