Definition of bind

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Bind (v. t.) 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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Obligate :: Obligate (v. t.) To bind or firmly hold to an act; to compel; to constrain; to bind to any act of duty or courtesy by a formal pledge.
Enfranchise :: Enfranchise (v. t.) To set free; to liberate from slavery, prison, or any binding power..
Vincture :: Vincture (n.) A binding.
Bind :: Bind (v. i.) To contract; to grow hard or stiff; to cohere or stick together in a mass; as, clay binds by heat..
Gage :: Gage (n.) To bind by pledge, or security; to engage..
Lace :: Lace (n.) That which binds or holds, especially by being interwoven; a string, cord, or band, usually one passing through eyelet or other holes, and used in drawing and holding together parts of a garment, of a shoe, of a machine belt, etc..
Bookbinding :: Bookbinding (n.) The art, process, or business of binding books..
Gouge :: Gouge (n.) A bookbinder's tool for blind tooling or gilding, having a face which forms a curve..
Indissolvable :: Indissolvable (a.) Not dissolvable; incapable of being dissolved or separated; incapable o/ separation; perpetually firm and binding; indissoluble; as, an indissolvable bond of union..
Arbor Vine :: Arbor vine () A species of bindweed.
Enchain :: Enchain (v. t.) To bind with a chain; to hold in chains.
Hold :: Hold (n.) Binding power and influence.
Ligation :: Ligation (n.) That which binds; bond; connection.
Perpender :: Perpender (n.) A large stone reaching through a wall so as to appear on both sides of it, and acting as a binder; -- called also perbend, perpend stone, and perpent stone..
Oblige :: Oblige (v. t.) To bind by some favor rendered; to place under a debt; hence, to do a favor to; to please; to gratify; to accommodate..
Interleave :: Interleave (v. t.) To insert a leaf or leaves in; to bind with blank leaves inserted between the others; as, to interleave a book..
Scammony :: Scammony (n.) A species of bindweed or Convolvulus (C. Scammonia).
Hoop :: Hoop (v. t.) To bind or fasten with hoops; as, to hoop a barrel or puncheon..
Seize :: Seize (v. t.) To bind or fasten together with a lashing of small stuff, as yarn or marline; as, to seize ropes..
Obligation :: Obligation (n.) That which obligates or constrains; the binding power of a promise, contract, oath, or vow, or of law; that which constitutes legal or moral duty..
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