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Bind \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.
[root]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\, a. [Past p. of OE. bounen to prepare, fr. boun
ready, prepared, fr. Icel. b[=u]inn, p. p. of b[=u]a 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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Bound \Bound\,
imp. & p. p. of {Bind}.
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Bound \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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Note: 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 \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 \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 \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 \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 \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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