Bind

bīnd, v.t. to tie or fasten together with a band (with to , upon ): to encircle round (with about , with ): to sew a border on: to tie up or bandage a limb, or the like: to fasten together (the leaves of a book) and put a cover on: to lay under obligation to answer a charge: to oblige by oath or promise to or from an action: to restrain, to make fast any one—also of disease, a magic spell, a pa ion, .: to hold or cement firmly: to render hard.— v.i. to produce constipation:— pa.t. and pa.p. bound.— n. a stalk of hops, so called from its twining or binding itself round a pole or tree: the indurated clay of coal-mines: ( mus. ) the tie for grouping notes together.— ns. Bind′er , one who binds, as books or sheaves: an attachment to a reaping-machine for tying the bundles of grain cut and thrown off, a reaping-machine provided with such; Bind′ery (U.S.), a bookbinder's establishment.— adj. Bind′ing , restraining: obligatory.— n. the act of binding: anything that binds: the covering of a book.— ns. Bind′weed , the convolvulus, a genus of plants, so called from their twining or binding; Bine , the slender stem of a climbing plant.— I dare or will be bound , I will be responsible for the statement. [A.S. bind an ; cog. with Ger. binden , Sans. bandh .]