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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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Bound (bound), n. [OE. bounde, bunne, OF. bonne, bonde, bodne, F. borne, fr. LL. bodina, bodena, bonna; prob. of Celtic origin; cf. Arm. bonn boundary, limit, and boden, bod, a tuft or cluster of trees, by which a boundary or limit could be marked. Cf. Bourne.] The external or limiting line, either real or imaginary, of any object or space; that which limits or restrains, or within which something is limited or restrained; limit; confine; extent; boundary.
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He hath compassed the waters with bounds. Job xxvi. 10.
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On earth's remotest bounds. Campbell.
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And mete the bounds of hate and love. Tennyson.
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To keep within bounds, not to exceed or pass beyond assigned limits; to act with propriety or discretion.
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Syn. -- See Boundary.
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Bound, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bounded; p. pr. & vb. n. Bounding.]
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1. To limit; to terminate; to fix the furthest point of extension of; -- said of natural or of moral objects; to lie along, or form, a boundary of; to inclose; to circumscribe; to restrain; to confine.
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Where full measure only bounds excess. Milton.
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Phlegethon . . .
Whose fiery flood the burning empire bounds. Dryden.
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2. To name the boundaries of; as, “to bound France”.
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Bound, v. i. [F. bondir to leap, OF. bondir, bundir, to leap, resound, fr. L. bombitare to buzz, hum, fr. bombus a humming, buzzing. See Bomb.]
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1. To move with a sudden spring or leap, or with a succession of springs or leaps; as the beast bounded from his den; the herd bounded across the plain.
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Before his lord the ready spaniel bounds. Pope.
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And the waves bound beneath me as a steed
That knows his rider. Byron.
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2. To rebound, as an elastic ball.
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Bound, v. t.
1. To make to bound or leap; as, “to bound a horse”. [R.] Shak.
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2. To cause to rebound; to throw so that it will rebound; as, “to bound a ball on the floor”. [Collog.]
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Bound, n.
1. A leap; an elastic spring; a jump.
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A bound of graceful hardihood. Wordsworth.
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2. Rebound; as, “the bound of a ball”. Johnson.
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3. (Dancing) Spring from one foot to the other.
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Bound, imp. & p. p. of Bind.
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Bound, p. p. & a.
1. Restrained by a hand, rope, chain, fetters, or the like.
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2. Inclosed in a binding or cover; as, “a bound volume”.
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3. Under legal or moral restraint or obligation.
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4. Constrained or compelled; destined; certain; -- followed by the infinitive; as, “he is bound to succeed; he is bound to fail”.
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5. Resolved; as, “I am bound to do it”. [Collog. U. S.]
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6. Constipated; costive.
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☞ Used also in composition; as, icebound, windbound, hidebound, etc.
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Bound bailiff (Eng. Law), a sheriff's officer who serves writs, makes arrests, etc. The sheriff being answerable for the bailiff's misdemeanors, the bailiff is usually under bond for the faithful discharge of his trust. -- Bound up in, entirely devoted to; inseparable from.
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Bound, a. [Past p. of OE. bounen to prepare, fr. boun ready, prepared, fr. Icel. būinn, p. p. of būa to dwell, prepare; akin to E. boor and bower. See Bond, a., and cf. Busk, v.] Ready or intending to go; on the way toward; going; -- with to or for, or with an adverb of motion; as, “a ship is bound to Cadiz, or for Cadiz”. “The mariner bound homeward.” Cowper.
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