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   Bend (), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bended or Bent (); p. pr. & vb. n. Bending.] [AS. bendan to bend, fr. bend a band, bond, fr. bindan to bind. See Bind, v. t., and cf. 3d & 4th Bend.]
   1. To strain or move out of a straight line; to crook by straining; to make crooked; to curve; to make ready for use by drawing into a curve; as, “to bend a bow; to bend the knee”.
   
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   2. To turn toward some certain point; to direct; to incline. “Bend thine ear to supplication.”  Milton.
   
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   Towards Coventry bend we our course. Shak.
   
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   Bending her eyes . . . upon her parent. Sir W. Scott.
   
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   3. To apply closely or with interest; to direct.
   
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   To bend his mind to any public business. Temple.
   
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   But when to mischief mortals bend their will. Pope.
   
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   4. To cause to yield; to render submissive; to subdue. “Except she bend her humor.”  Shak.
   
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   5. (Naut.) To fasten, as one rope to another, or as a sail to its yard or stay; or as a cable to the ring of an anchor.  Totten.
   
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   To bend the brow, to knit the brow, as in deep thought or in anger; to scowl; to frown.  Camden.
   
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   Syn. -- To lean; stoop; deflect; bow; yield.
   
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   Bending, n. The marking of the clothes with stripes or horizontal bands. [Obs.]  Chaucer.
   
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