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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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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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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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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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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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To rebound, as an elastic ball.
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Bound, v. t.To make to bound or leap; as, to bound a horse. [R.]Shak.

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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.A leap; an elastic spring; a jump.
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A bound of graceful hardihood.
Wordsworth.

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Rebound; as, the bound of a ball.Johnson.

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(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.Restrained by a hand, rope, chain, fetters, or the like.
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Inclosed in a binding or cover; as, a bound volume.
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Under legal or moral restraint or obligation.
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Constrained or compelled; destined; certain; -- followed by the infinitive; as, he is bound to succeed; he is bound to fail.
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Resolved; as, I am bound to do it. [Collog. U. S.]
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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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