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
Gloss
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bearbind English
- bellbind English
- bind English
- bind-rune English
- bindable English
- binder English
- bindery English
- bindest English
- bindeth English
- bindin English
- binding English
- bindless English
- bindstone English
- bindup English
- bindweed English
- cornbind English
- debind English
- disbind English
- inbind English
- misbind English
- overbind English
- prebind English
- rebind English
- spellbind English
- unbind English
- underbind English
- upbind English
- *bʰendʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰéndʰ-e-ti Proto-Indo-European
- *bindaną Proto-Germanic
- bebindan Old English
- bindan Old English
- binde Old English
- forbindan Old English
- gebindan Old English
- onbindan Old English
- ymbbindan Old English
- bynde Middle English
- bynder Middle English
- byndyng Middle English
- forbinden Middle English
- band Old Norse
- binda Old Norse
- bintan Old High German
- 𐌱𐌹𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *bindan gmw-pro
- *bindan Old Dutch
- bindan Old Saxon
- binda Old Frisian