Definition of bind

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Bind (v. t.) To confine, restrain, or hold by physical force or influence of any kind; as, attraction binds the planets to the sun; frost binds the earth, or the streams..

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Splice :: Splice (v. t.) To unite, as spars, timbers, rails, etc., by lapping the two ends together, or by applying a piece which laps upon the two ends, and then binding, or in any way making fast..
Vellum :: Vellum (n.) A fine kind of parchment, usually made from calfskin, and rendered clear and white, -- used as for writing upon, and for binding books..
Disbind :: Disbind (v. t.) To unbind; to loosen.
Scammony :: Scammony (n.) A species of bindweed or Convolvulus (C. Scammonia).
Oop :: Oop (v. t.) To bind with a thread or cord; to join; to unite.
Attach :: Attach (v. t.) To win the heart of; to connect by ties of love or self-interest; to attract; to fasten or bind by moral influence; -- with to; as, attached to a friend; attaching others to us by wealth or flattery..
Indissoluble :: Indissoluble (a.) Incapable of being rightfully broken or dissolved; perpetually binding or obligatory; firm; stable, as, an indissoluble league or covenant..
Subinduce :: Subindividual (n.) A division of that which is individual.
Bottomry :: Bottomry (n.) A contract in the nature of a mortgage, by which the owner of a ship, or the master as his agent, hypothecates and binds the ship (and sometimes the accruing freight) as security for the repayment of money advanced or lent for the use of the ship, if she terminates her voyage successfully. If the ship is lost by perils of the sea, the lender loses the money; but if the ship arrives safe, he is to receive the money lent, with the interest or premium stipulated, although it may, and
Bandage :: Bandage (n.) A fillet or strip of woven material, used in dressing and binding up wounds, etc..
Sheaf :: Sheaf (v. t.) To gather and bind into a sheaf; to make into sheaves; as, to sheaf wheat..
Perpender :: Perpender (n.) A large stone reaching through a wall so as to appear on both sides of it, and acting as a binder; -- called also perbend, perpend stone, and perpent stone..
Unbound :: Unbound () imp. & p. p. of Unbind.
Enchain :: Enchain (v. t.) To bind with a chain; to hold in chains.
Null :: Null (a.) Of no legal or binding force or validity; of no efficacy; invalid; void; nugatory; useless.
Tag :: Tag (n.) A metallic binding, tube, or point, at the end of a string, or lace, to stiffen it..
Subscript :: Subscript (a.) Written below or underneath; as, iota subscript. (See under Iota.) Specifically (Math.), said of marks, figures, or letters (suffixes), written below and usually to the right of other letters to distinguish them; as, a, n, 2, in the symbols Xa, An, Y2. See Suffix, n., 2, and Subindex..
Bind :: Bind (v. i.) To contract; to grow hard or stiff; to cohere or stick together in a mass; as, clay binds by heat..
Deligate :: Deligate (v. t.) To bind up; to bandage.
Bibliopegic :: Bibliopegic (a.) Relating to the binding of books.
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