Definition of bind

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Bind (v. t.) Fig.: To oblige, restrain, or hold, by authority, law, duty, promise, vow, affection, or other moral tie; as, to bind the conscience; to bind by kindness; bound by affection; commerce binds nations to each other..

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Gird :: Gird (v. t.) To make fast, as clothing, by binding with a cord, girdle, bandage, etc..
Roan :: Roan (n.) A kind of leather used for slippers, bookbinding, etc., made from sheepskin, tanned with sumac and colored to imitate ungrained morocco..
Affy :: Affy (v. t.) To bind in faith.
Prometheus :: Prometheus (n.) The son of Iapetus (one of the Titans) and Clymene, fabled by the poets to have surpassed all mankind in knowledge, and to have formed men of clay to whom he gave life by means of fire stolen from heaven. Jupiter, being angry at this, sent Mercury to bind Prometheus to Mount Caucasus, where a vulture preyed upon his liver..
Lymph :: Lymph (n.) A fibrinous material exuded from the blood vessels in inflammation. In the process of healing it is either absorbed, or is converted into connective tissue binding the inflamed surfaces together..
Roan :: Roan (a.) Made of the leather called roan; as, roan binding..
Tie :: Tie (v. t.) A line, usually straight, drawn across the stems of notes, or a curved line written over or under the notes, signifying that they are to be slurred, or closely united in the performance, or that two notes of the same pitch are to be sounded as one; a bind; a ligature..
Indent :: Indent (v. t.) To bind out by indenture or contract; to indenture; to apprentice; as, to indent a young man to a shoemaker; to indent a servant..
Force :: Force (n.) To put in force; to cause to be executed; to make binding; to enforce.
Band :: Band () imp. of Bind.
Hopbind :: Hopbind (n.) The climbing stem of the hop.
Caburn :: Caburn (n.) A small line made of spun yarn, to bind or worm cables, seize tackles, etc..
Apprentice :: Apprentice (v. t.) To bind to, or put under the care of, a master, for the purpose of instruction in a trade or business..
Bondstone :: Bondstone (n.) A stone running through a wall from one face to another, to bind it together; a binding stone..
Bind :: Bind (v. i.) To be restrained from motion, or from customary or natural action, as by friction..
Clunch :: Clunch (n.) Indurated clay. See Bind, n., 3..
Ampyx :: Ampyx (n.) A woman's headband (sometimes of metal), for binding the front hair..
Gird :: Gird (v. t.) To encircle or bind with any flexible band.
Girth :: Girth (v. t.) To bind as with a girth.
Snood :: Snood (v. t.) To bind or braid up, as the hair, with a snood..
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