"binden" meaning in Middle English

See binden in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈbiːndən/, /ˈbindən/
Etymology: From Old English bindan, from Proto-West Germanic *bindan, from Proto-Germanic *bindaną; equivalent to bynde + -en (infinitival suffix). Etymology templates: {{inh|enm|ang|bindan}} Old English bindan, {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*bindan}} Proto-West Germanic *bindan, {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*bindaną}} Proto-Germanic *bindaną, {{af|enm|bynde|-en|id2=infinitival|pos2=infinitival suffix}} bynde + -en (infinitival suffix) Head templates: {{head|enm|verb}} binden Inflection templates: {{enm-conj-st|bind|band|bound|bound|3a=bond|class=3|p_1s2=bond|p_1s3=bound}} Forms: strong [table-tags], binden [infinitive], to binden [infinitive], binde [infinitive], binde [first-person, present, singular], band [first-person, past, singular], bond [first-person, past, singular], bound [first-person, past, singular], bindest [present, second-person, singular], bounde [past, second-person, singular], bonde [past, second-person, singular], band [past, second-person, singular], bindeth [present, singular, third-person], band [past, singular, third-person], bond [past, singular, third-person], bound [past, singular, third-person], binde [present, singular, subjunctive], bounde [past, singular, subjunctive], bonde [past, singular, subjunctive], binde [imperative, present, singular], - [imperative, past, singular], binden [plural, present], binde [plural, present], bounden [past, plural], bounde [past, plural], bonden [past, plural], bonde [past, plural], bindeth [imperative, plural, present], binde [imperative, plural, present], - [imperative, past, plural], bindynge [participle, present], bindende [participle, present], bounden [participle, past], bounde [participle, past], ybounden [participle, past], ybounde [participle, past]
  1. To bind, fasten; to make a knot or fastening.
    Sense id: en-binden-enm-verb-UpqG2g3H
  2. To wrap; to enclose in wrapping.
    Sense id: en-binden-enm-verb-jGpsuBcs
  3. To secure, strengthen; to make strong:
    To tie up; to strengthen with a knot.
    Sense id: en-binden-enm-verb-XsPNJJwR
  4. To secure, strengthen; to make strong:
    To connect or link (especially by binding):
    Sense id: en-binden-enm-verb-t-MtNO-~
  5. To secure, strengthen; to make strong:
    (figurative) To remember; to keep one's mental connection secure.
    Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-binden-enm-verb-yIBJ0RqM
  6. To secure, strengthen; to make strong:
    (figurative) To strengthen or provide proof for an argument.
    Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-binden-enm-verb-qxlTY7yO
  7. To take away one's agency; to enthrall:
    To restrain a captive; to jail.
    Sense id: en-binden-enm-verb-Vetc-CXo
  8. To take away one's agency; to enthrall:
    To enslave, subordinate, or force.
    Sense id: en-binden-enm-verb-fXLALq0F
  9. To take away one's agency; to enthrall:
    To enrapture or captivate.
    Sense id: en-binden-enm-verb-ijPmHiEZ
  10. To take away one's agency; to enthrall:
    (rare) To take into apprenticeship or training.
    Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-binden-enm-verb-zfubuMnA
  11. To enter into a socially binding obligation or agreement:
    To enter into a marital relationship; to marry.
    Categories (topical): Marriage
    Sense id: en-binden-enm-verb-OkHmEwR9 Disambiguation of Marriage: 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 9 0 0 19 1 6 0 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 28
  12. To enter into a socially binding obligation or agreement:
    (rare, Late Middle English) To copulate; to have sex.
    Tags: Late-Middle-English, rare
    Sense id: en-binden-enm-verb-VH6u8Q3E Categories (other): Late Middle English
  13. To force or compel (to perform an action):
    To obligate; to be forced by societal pressure.
    Sense id: en-binden-enm-verb-PtaTSW9n
  14. To force or compel (to perform an action):
    To force (into) a socially binding obligation or agreement.
    Sense id: en-binden-enm-verb-PxG1L~mn
  15. To force or compel (to perform an action):
    To mete out or proscribe penalties.
    Categories (topical): Marriage, Medicine
    Sense id: en-binden-enm-verb-IhQmEAv2 Disambiguation of Marriage: 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 9 0 0 19 1 6 0 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 Disambiguation of Medicine: 1 1 2 2 2 2 4 4 2 2 4 1 8 0 24 1 2 10 0 1 0 27 Categories (other): Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 1 6 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 3 3 5 1 20 2 1 1 1 1 1 24
  16. To force or compel (to perform an action):
    To combine; to join; to make one.
    Categories (topical): Society
    Sense id: en-binden-enm-verb-0q1zHGcd Disambiguation of Society: 1 1 8 8 8 8 5 5 5 5 8 7 3 1 1 12 1 9 0 1 1 1
  17. To decorate or adorn; to add ornaments on. Categories (topical): Appearance
    Sense id: en-binden-enm-verb-0-9Wl~Jo Disambiguation of Appearance: 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 5 3 3 7 6 3 3 3 4 27 13 0 1 1 12
  18. To evacuate; to induce constipation.
    Sense id: en-binden-enm-verb-O5L7cItK
  19. To unify or join; to make one.
    Sense id: en-binden-enm-verb-gyiincM0
  20. To enclose or surround; to fold as to completely conceal.
    Sense id: en-binden-enm-verb-b9bfpOQ6
  21. (rare) To cohere; to enjoin with itself. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-binden-enm-verb-Rd-mhQWp
  22. (rare, figurative) To end or finish; to wrap up (for the sense, compare Modern English wrap up) Tags: figuratively, rare Categories (topical): Emotions, Marriage, Medicine
    Sense id: en-binden-enm-verb-7LuPILi4 Disambiguation of Emotions: 0 0 5 5 12 5 5 5 4 4 5 1 3 1 18 1 1 1 0 1 0 23 Disambiguation of Marriage: 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 9 0 0 19 1 6 0 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 Disambiguation of Medicine: 1 1 2 2 2 2 4 4 2 2 4 1 8 0 24 1 2 10 0 1 0 27 Categories (other): Pages with 6 entries, Pages with entries, Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival) Disambiguation of Pages with 6 entries: 1 1 5 1 2 1 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 3 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 4 3 4 1 14 2 2 2 2 2 1 18 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 1 6 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 3 3 5 1 20 2 1 1 1 1 1 24 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 1 1 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 7 6 7 2 17 3 1 2 2 2 2 30 Disambiguation of Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival): 2 2 4 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 5 5 7 2 10 3 2 2 3 3 2 28
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: bynden Related terms: bynde, byndere, byndynge, forbinden

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "present",
        "singular"
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        "past",
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "past"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "ybounde",
      "source": "conjugation",
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      "glosses": [
        "To bind, fasten; to make a knot or fastening."
      ],
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        [
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          "bind"
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        [
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          "fasten"
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        "To wrap; to enclose in wrapping."
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      "glosses": [
        "To secure, strengthen; to make strong:",
        "To tie up; to strengthen with a knot."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "secure",
          "secure"
        ],
        [
          "strengthen",
          "strengthen"
        ],
        [
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        ]
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "To secure, strengthen; to make strong:",
        "To connect or link (especially by binding)"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "secure",
          "secure"
        ],
        [
          "strengthen",
          "strengthen"
        ],
        [
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        ],
        [
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          "link"
        ]
      ],
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        "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."
      ],
      "id": "en-binden-enm-verb-yIBJ0RqM",
      "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."
      ],
      "id": "en-binden-enm-verb-qxlTY7yO",
      "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."
      ],
      "id": "en-binden-enm-verb-Vetc-CXo",
      "links": [
        [
          "agency",
          "agency"
        ],
        [
          "enthrall",
          "enthrall"
        ],
        [
          "restrain",
          "restrain"
        ],
        [
          "jail",
          "jail"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To take away one's agency; to enthrall:",
        "To enslave, subordinate, or force."
      ],
      "id": "en-binden-enm-verb-fXLALq0F",
      "links": [
        [
          "agency",
          "agency"
        ],
        [
          "enthrall",
          "enthrall"
        ],
        [
          "enslave",
          "enslave"
        ],
        [
          "subordinate",
          "subordinate"
        ],
        [
          "force",
          "force"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To take away one's agency; to enthrall:",
        "To enrapture or captivate."
      ],
      "id": "en-binden-enm-verb-ijPmHiEZ",
      "links": [
        [
          "agency",
          "agency"
        ],
        [
          "enthrall",
          "enthrall"
        ],
        [
          "enrapture",
          "enrapture"
        ],
        [
          "captivate",
          "captivate"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "To take away one's agency; to enthrall:",
        "To take into apprenticeship or training."
      ],
      "id": "en-binden-enm-verb-zfubuMnA",
      "links": [
        [
          "agency",
          "agency"
        ],
        [
          "enthrall",
          "enthrall"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "To take away one's agency; to enthrall:",
        "(rare) To take into apprenticeship or training."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "0 0 0 0 0 0 9 9 0 0 19 1 6 0 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 28",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "enm",
          "name": "Marriage",
          "orig": "enm:Marriage",
          "parents": [
            "Culture",
            "Family",
            "Society",
            "People",
            "All topics",
            "Human",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To enter into a socially binding obligation or agreement:",
        "To enter into a marital relationship; to marry."
      ],
      "id": "en-binden-enm-verb-OkHmEwR9",
      "links": [
        [
          "obligation",
          "obligation"
        ],
        [
          "agreement",
          "agreement"
        ],
        [
          "relationship",
          "relationship"
        ],
        [
          "marry",
          "marry"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Late Middle English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To enter into a socially binding obligation or agreement:",
        "To copulate; to have sex."
      ],
      "id": "en-binden-enm-verb-VH6u8Q3E",
      "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."
      ],
      "id": "en-binden-enm-verb-PtaTSW9n",
      "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."
      ],
      "id": "en-binden-enm-verb-PxG1L~mn",
      "links": [
        [
          "force",
          "force"
        ],
        [
          "compel",
          "compel"
        ],
        [
          "obligation",
          "obligation"
        ],
        [
          "agreement",
          "agreement"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
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        "To force or compel (to perform an action):",
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        "(rare) To cohere; to enjoin with itself."
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            "Fundamental"
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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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      "ipa": "/ˈbiːndən/"
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      "word": "bynden"
    }
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}
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    "Middle English terms inherited from Old English",
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        "infinitive"
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        "singular"
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        "third-person"
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        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
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    {
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        "singular"
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "past",
        "singular"
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        "present"
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        "present"
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        "plural"
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        "plural"
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        "past"
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        "participle",
        "past"
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    },
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          "wrap"
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    {
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        "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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        [
          "secure",
          "secure"
        ],
        [
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          "strengthen"
        ],
        [
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          "remember"
        ]
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        "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."
      ],
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        [
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          "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."
      ],
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        [
          "agency",
          "agency"
        ],
        [
          "enthrall",
          "enthrall"
        ],
        [
          "restrain",
          "restrain"
        ],
        [
          "jail",
          "jail"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To take away one's agency; to enthrall:",
        "To enslave, subordinate, or force."
      ],
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        [
          "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."
      ],
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        [
          "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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