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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.]
   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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   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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   To cover, as with a bandage; to bandage or dress; -- sometimes with up; as, to bind up a wound.
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   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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   To prevent or restrain from customary or natural action; as, certain drugs bind the bowels.
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   To protect or strengthen by a band or binding, as the edge of a carpet or garment.
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   To sew or fasten together, and inclose in a cover; as, to bind a book.
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   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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   (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.
   To tie; to confine by any ligature.
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   They that reap must sheaf and bind.
   Shak.
   
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   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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   To be restrained from motion, or from customary or natural action, as by friction.
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   To exert a binding or restraining influence.
   Locke.
   
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   Bind, n.
   That which binds or ties.
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   Any twining or climbing plant or stem, esp. a hop vine; a bine.
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   (Metal.) Indurated clay, when much mixed with the oxide of iron.
   Kirwan.
   
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   (Mus.) A ligature or tie for grouping notes.
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