Upbind
//ʌpˈbaɪnd// verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To bind up. obsolete, poetic, transitive
"All these the daughters of old Nereus were, / Which have the sea in charge to them assign'd, / To rule his tides, and surges to uprear, / To bring forth storms, or fast them to upbind, / And sailors save from wrecks of wrathful wind."
Example
More examples"All these the daughters of old Nereus were, / Which have the sea in charge to them assign'd, / To rule his tides, and surges to uprear, / To bring forth storms, or fast them to upbind, / And sailors save from wrecks of wrathful wind."
Etymology
From up- + bind.
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