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   Bind (), v. t. [imp. Bound (); p. p. Bound, formerly Bounden (); p. pr. & vb. n. Binding.] [AS. bindan, perfect tense band, bundon, p. p. bunden; akin to D. & G. binden, Dan. binde, Sw. & Icel. binda, Goth. bindan, Skr. bandh (for bhandh) to bind, cf. Gr.  (for ) cable, and L. offendix. √90.]
   1. To tie, or confine with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.; to fetter; to make fast; as, “to bind grain in bundles; to bind a prisoner”.
   
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   2. 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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   He bindeth the floods from overflowing. Job xxviii. 11.
   
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   Whom Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen years. Luke xiii. 16.
   
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   3. To cover, as with a bandage; to bandage or dress; -- sometimes with up; as, “to bind up a wound”.
   
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   4. To make fast ( a thing) about or upon something, as by tying; to encircle with something; as, “to bind a belt about one; to bind a compress upon a part”.
   
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   5. To prevent or restrain from customary or natural action; as, “certain drugs bind the bowels”.
   
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   6. To protect or strengthen by a band or binding, as the edge of a carpet or garment.
   
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   7. To sew or fasten together, and inclose in a cover; as, “to bind a book”.
   
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   8. 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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   Who made our laws to bind us, not himself. Milton.
   
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   9. (Law) (a) To bring (any one) under definite legal obligations; esp. under the obligation of a bond or covenant. Abbott. (b) To place under legal obligation to serve; to indenture; as, “to bind an apprentice”; -- sometimes with out; as, “bound out to service”.
   
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   To bind over, to put under bonds to do something, as to appear at court, to keep the peace, etc. -- To bind to, to contract; as, “to bind one's self to a wife”. -- To bind up in, to cause to be wholly engrossed with; to absorb in.
   
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   Syn. -- To fetter; tie; fasten; restrain; restrict; oblige.
   
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   Bind (), v. i.
   1. To tie; to confine by any ligature.
   
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   They that reap must sheaf and bind. Shak.
   
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   2. To contract; to grow hard or stiff; to cohere or stick together in a mass; as, “clay binds by heat”.  Mortimer.
   
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   3. To be restrained from motion, or from customary or natural action, as by friction.
   
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   4. To exert a binding or restraining influence.  Locke.
   
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   Bind, n.
   1. That which binds or ties.
   
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   2. Any twining or climbing plant or stem, esp. a hop vine; a bine.
   
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   3. (Metal.) Indurated clay, when much mixed with the oxide of iron.  Kirwan.
   
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   4. (Mus.) A ligature or tie for grouping notes.
   
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