binden

Middle English

/ˈbiːndən/

verb
Definitions
  • To secure or strengthen by various means:
  • To take away one's agency and free will by various means; to enthrall:
  • To enter into a socially binding obligation, agreement or compact.
  • To have the force of a socially binding obligation, agreement or compact
  • To force or compel; to make someone perform an action:
  • To decorate or adorn; to add ornaments on.
  • To induce constipation
  • To enclose or surround; to fold as to completely conceal.
  • (rare) To cohere; to enjoin with itself.

Etymology

Inherited from Old English bindan inherited from *bindan inherited from Proto-Germanic *bindaną (bind) affix from Middle English bynde.

Origin

Middle English

bynde

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