upbindv.
transitive. To bind up.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fastening > binding or tying > bind or tie [verb (transitive)] > bind > bind up or together
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to knit up1509
to wind up?1533
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1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. iv. sig. Ff5 His griesly wownd:..which hauing well vpbownd, They pourd in soueraine balme.
1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene iv. xi. 52 [They] haue the sea in charge to them assinde,..To bring forth stormes, or fast them to vpbinde . View more context for this quotation
1650 Metr. Ps. Ch. Scotl. cxlvii. 3 Their painfull wounds he tenderly up-bindes.
1747 W. Collins Odes 40 O Peace, thy injur'd Robes up-bind.
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