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society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > bind (a person) morally or legally [verb (transitive)] (24)
obligea1325

transitive. To bind (a person) by oath, promise, contract, etc.; to put under an obligation, to engage, commit. Frequently with to or infinitive. Obs

conclude1393

To shut up to a course of action, etc.; to bind, oblige. Still in legal use.

astrainc1475

To bind; to put under obligation; to restrain.

astringe1523

transitive. To bind morally or legally; to put under obligation or necessity; to oblige. Obsolete.

obstringe1528

transitive. To put under obligation; to bind by an obligation.

obligate1533

transitive. To bind (a person) morally; to put (a person) under moral obligation; to constrain, compel, oblige. Usually in passive with infinitive…

bind1549

To subject to a specific legal obligation. To lay under obligation to answer or prosecute a charge (usually to bind over to appear, etc.), or gen.

debt-bind1563

transitive. To bind by obligation, render indebted.

astrictc1600

To bind by moral or legal obligation.

tie1608

To bind, oblige; usually in passive to be bound or obliged (to do something). Now only dialect.

engage1642

transitive. In wider sense: To bind by moral or legal obligation. Const. to with n. or infinitive.

to put (a person) on his or her honour1656

to put (a person) on his or her honour (and variants): to oblige or expect (a person) to act honourably, or according to his or her word of honour.

pin1710

figurative. transitive. To hold (a person) to a promise, course of action, etc.; to constrain. Chiefly with down to.

Subcategories:

— specifically of an oath, promise, etc. (2)
— in advance (3)
— to behave well (1)
— bind to a person or thing by ties of duty (3)
— bind together (1)
— make (a person) subject to a bond, etc. (1)
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