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To set free; to liberate from slavery, prison, or any binding power. Bacon.

under obligations to do or forbear doing something, as by a pledge, oath, or promise; to bind by contract or promise. "I to thee engaged a prince's word." Shak.

To bind or encircle with lace, or as with lace; to lace; to encircle; to enfold; hence, to entangle. Ropes of pearl her neck and breast enlace. P. Fletcher.

To enroll and bind one's self for military or naval service; as, he enlisted in the regular army; the men enlisted for the war.

The connective tissue framework and sheath of a nerve which bind together the nerve bundles, each of which has its own special sheath, or perineurium.

To make a fagot of; to bind together in a fagot or bundle; also, to collect promiscuously. Dryden.

The act or manner of binding up; bandage; also, the condition of being fasciated.

In a fast, fixed, or firmly established manner; fixedly; firmly; immovably. We will bind thee fast. Judg. xv. 13.

Anything that binds and makes fast, as a lock, catch, bolt, bar, buckle, etc.

culiarity or characteristic; as, one of the features of the landscape. And to her service bind each living creature Through secret understanding of their feature. Spenser.

1. To put fetters upon; to shakle or confine the feet of with a chain; to bind. My heels are fettered, but my fist is free. Milton.

and, especially one intended to encircle the hair of the head. A belt her waist, a fillet binds her hair. Pope.

Composed of film or films. Whose filmy cord should bind the struggling fly. Dryden.

To put in force; to cause to be executed; to make binding; to enforce. [Obs.] What can the church force more J. Webster.

To bind with a forel. [R.] Fuller.

To draw together; to bind with a view to secure and strengthen, as a vessel by passing cables around it; to tighten; as a tackle by drawing the lines together. Tottem.

A lashing binding a thing tightly or binding things together.

oesible. -- Full band (Mus.), a band in which all the instruments are employed. -- Full binding, the binding of a book when made wholly of leather, as distinguished from half binding. -- Full bottom, a kind of wig full and large at the bottom. -- Full brother or sister, a brother or sister having the same parents a…

To help forward; to promote; to advance; to forward; to help or assist. This binds thee, then, to further my design. Dryden. I should nothing further the weal public. Robynsom (More's Utopia).

The union, or binding together, of adjacent parts or tissues.