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"form": "to binden",
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"infinitive"
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},
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"form": "band",
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"form": "binde",
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"present",
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"past",
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"past",
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]
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},
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},
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},
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},
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},
{
"form": "bindynge",
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"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
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"participle",
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]
},
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"participle",
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},
{
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"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "ybounden",
"source": "conjugation",
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"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
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"word": "bynde"
},
{
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"To bind, fasten; to make a knot or fastening."
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"To wrap; to enclose in wrapping."
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"To tie up; to strengthen with a knot."
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[
"tie",
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"To connect or link (especially by binding):",
"To connect or link (especially by binding)"
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"connect",
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"To secure, strengthen; to make strong:",
"To connect or link (especially by binding):"
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"To secure, strengthen; to make strong:",
"To remember; to keep one's mental connection secure."
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"To secure, strengthen; to make strong:",
"(figurative) To remember; to keep one's mental connection secure."
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"To strengthen or provide proof for an argument."
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"To secure, strengthen; to make strong:",
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"To take away one's agency; to enthrall:",
"To restrain a captive; to jail."
],
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"agency",
"agency"
],
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"enthrall",
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[
"restrain",
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[
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"To enslave, subordinate, or force."
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"To enrapture or captivate."
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[
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"To take away one's agency; to enthrall:",
"To take into apprenticeship or training."
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"To take away one's agency; to enthrall:",
"(rare) To take into apprenticeship or training."
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"To enter into a socially binding obligation or agreement:",
"To enter into a marital relationship; to marry."
],
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"obligation",
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"agreement",
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[
"relationship",
"relationship"
],
[
"marry",
"marry"
]
]
},
{
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"To enter into a socially binding obligation or agreement:",
"To copulate; to have sex."
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"To enter into a socially binding obligation or agreement:",
"(rare, Late Middle English) To copulate; to have sex."
],
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"rare"
]
},
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}
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"To mete out or proscribe penalties."
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"To force or compel (to perform an action):",
"To combine; to join; to make one."
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"Body",
"Human",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
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}
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"To decorate or adorn; to add ornaments on."
],
"id": "en-binden-enm-verb-0-9Wl~Jo",
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"decorate",
"decorate"
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[
"adorn",
"adorn"
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]
},
{
"glosses": [
"To evacuate; to induce constipation."
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"id": "en-binden-enm-verb-O5L7cItK",
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]
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{
"glosses": [
"To unify or join; to make one."
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"unify",
"unify"
],
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"join",
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]
},
{
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"To enclose or surround; to fold as to completely conceal."
],
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[
"enclose",
"enclose"
],
[
"surround",
"surround"
]
]
},
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"To cohere; to enjoin with itself."
],
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[
"cohere",
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],
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"(rare) To cohere; to enjoin with itself."
],
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"rare"
]
},
{
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"Entry maintenance"
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"Human",
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"Fundamental"
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"Family",
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"All topics",
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],
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"To end or finish; to wrap up (for the sense, compare Modern English wrap up)"
],
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[
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],
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"(rare, figurative) To end or finish; to wrap up (for the sense, compare Modern English wrap up)"
],
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"rare"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈbiːndən/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈbindən/"
}
],
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"word": "bynden"
}
],
"word": "binden"
}
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"Middle English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
"Middle English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
"Middle English terms inherited from Old English",
"Middle English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
"Middle English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
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"Middle English terms with IPA pronunciation",
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"enm:Appearance",
"enm:Emotions",
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"enm:Medicine",
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],
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"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "3",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class"
]
},
{
"form": "binden",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"infinitive"
]
},
{
"form": "to binden",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"infinitive"
]
},
{
"form": "binde",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"infinitive"
]
},
{
"form": "binde",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "band",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"past",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "bond",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"past",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "bound",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"past",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "bindest",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"present",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "bounde",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "bonde",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "band",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "bindeth",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "band",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "bond",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "bound",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "binde",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "bounde",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"singular",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "bonde",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"singular",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "binde",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"past",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "binden",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "binde",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "bounden",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "bounde",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "bonden",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "bonde",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "bindeth",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "binde",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "bindynge",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "bindende",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "bounden",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "bounde",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "ybounden",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "ybounde",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "verb"
},
"expansion": "binden",
"name": "head"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "bind",
"2": "band",
"3": "bound",
"3a": "bond",
"4": "bound",
"class": "3",
"p_1s2": "bond",
"p_1s3": "bound"
},
"name": "enm-conj-st"
}
],
"lang": "Middle English",
"lang_code": "enm",
"pos": "verb",
"related": [
{
"word": "bynde"
},
{
"word": "byndere"
},
{
"word": "byndynge"
},
{
"word": "forbinden"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"To bind, fasten; to make a knot or fastening."
],
"links": [
[
"bind",
"bind"
],
[
"fasten",
"fasten"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"To wrap; to enclose in wrapping."
],
"links": [
[
"wrap",
"wrap"
],
[
"enclose",
"enclose"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"To secure, strengthen; to make strong:",
"To tie up; to strengthen with a knot."
],
"links": [
[
"secure",
"secure"
],
[
"strengthen",
"strengthen"
],
[
"tie",
"tie"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"To secure, strengthen; to make strong:",
"To connect or link (especially by binding):",
"To connect or link (especially by binding)"
],
"links": [
[
"secure",
"secure"
],
[
"strengthen",
"strengthen"
],
[
"connect",
"connect"
],
[
"link",
"link"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"To secure, strengthen; to make strong:",
"To connect or link (especially by binding):"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"To secure, strengthen; to make strong:",
"To remember; to keep one's mental connection secure."
],
"links": [
[
"secure",
"secure"
],
[
"strengthen",
"strengthen"
],
[
"remember",
"remember"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"To secure, strengthen; to make strong:",
"(figurative) To remember; to keep one's mental connection secure."
],
"tags": [
"figuratively"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"To secure, strengthen; to make strong:",
"To strengthen or provide proof for an argument."
],
"links": [
[
"secure",
"secure"
],
[
"strengthen",
"strengthen"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"To secure, strengthen; to make strong:",
"(figurative) To strengthen or provide proof for an argument."
],
"tags": [
"figuratively"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"To take away one's agency; to enthrall:",
"To restrain a captive; to jail."
],
"links": [
[
"agency",
"agency"
],
[
"enthrall",
"enthrall"
],
[
"restrain",
"restrain"
],
[
"jail",
"jail"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"To take away one's agency; to enthrall:",
"To enslave, subordinate, or force."
],
"links": [
[
"agency",
"agency"
],
[
"enthrall",
"enthrall"
],
[
"enslave",
"enslave"
],
[
"subordinate",
"subordinate"
],
[
"force",
"force"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"To take away one's agency; to enthrall:",
"To enrapture or captivate."
],
"links": [
[
"agency",
"agency"
],
[
"enthrall",
"enthrall"
],
[
"enrapture",
"enrapture"
],
[
"captivate",
"captivate"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Middle English terms with rare senses"
],
"glosses": [
"To take away one's agency; to enthrall:",
"To take into apprenticeship or training."
],
"links": [
[
"agency",
"agency"
],
[
"enthrall",
"enthrall"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"To take away one's agency; to enthrall:",
"(rare) To take into apprenticeship or training."
],
"tags": [
"rare"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"To enter into a socially binding obligation or agreement:",
"To enter into a marital relationship; to marry."
],
"links": [
[
"obligation",
"obligation"
],
[
"agreement",
"agreement"
],
[
"relationship",
"relationship"
],
[
"marry",
"marry"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Late Middle English",
"Middle English terms with rare senses"
],
"glosses": [
"To enter into a socially binding obligation or agreement:",
"To copulate; to have sex."
],
"links": [
[
"obligation",
"obligation"
],
[
"agreement",
"agreement"
],
[
"copulate",
"copulate"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"To enter into a socially binding obligation or agreement:",
"(rare, Late Middle English) To copulate; to have sex."
],
"tags": [
"Late-Middle-English",
"rare"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"To force or compel (to perform an action):",
"To obligate; to be forced by societal pressure."
],
"links": [
[
"force",
"force"
],
[
"compel",
"compel"
],
[
"obligate",
"obligate"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"To force or compel (to perform an action):",
"To force (into) a socially binding obligation or agreement."
],
"links": [
[
"force",
"force"
],
[
"compel",
"compel"
],
[
"obligation",
"obligation"
],
[
"agreement",
"agreement"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"To force or compel (to perform an action):",
"To mete out or proscribe penalties."
],
"links": [
[
"force",
"force"
],
[
"compel",
"compel"
],
[
"mete out",
"mete out"
],
[
"penalties",
"penalties"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"To force or compel (to perform an action):",
"To combine; to join; to make one."
],
"links": [
[
"force",
"force"
],
[
"compel",
"compel"
],
[
"combine",
"combine"
],
[
"join",
"join"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"To decorate or adorn; to add ornaments on."
],
"links": [
[
"decorate",
"decorate"
],
[
"adorn",
"adorn"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"To evacuate; to induce constipation."
],
"links": [
[
"evacuate",
"evacuate"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"To unify or join; to make one."
],
"links": [
[
"unify",
"unify"
],
[
"join",
"join"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"To enclose or surround; to fold as to completely conceal."
],
"links": [
[
"enclose",
"enclose"
],
[
"surround",
"surround"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Middle English terms with rare senses"
],
"glosses": [
"To cohere; to enjoin with itself."
],
"links": [
[
"cohere",
"cohere"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(rare) To cohere; to enjoin with itself."
],
"tags": [
"rare"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Middle English terms with rare senses"
],
"glosses": [
"To end or finish; to wrap up (for the sense, compare Modern English wrap up)"
],
"links": [
[
"wrap up",
"wrap up"
],
[
"wrap up",
"wrap up#English"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(rare, figurative) To end or finish; to wrap up (for the sense, compare Modern English wrap up)"
],
"tags": [
"figuratively",
"rare"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈbiːndən/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈbindən/"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "bynden"
}
],
"word": "binden"
}
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