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Antonyms for unbind

Grammar : Verb
Spell : uhn-bahynd
Phonetic Transcription : ʌnˈbaɪnd

Definition of unbind

Origin :
  • Old English unbindan, "to free from binding," from un- (2) + bind (v.). Cf. German entbinden, Dutch ontbinden. Literal and figurative senses both present in Old English.
  • Suæ huæt ðu unbindes ofer eorðu bið unbunden in heofnum. [Lindisfarne Gospels, Matt. xvi:19]
  • Unbound is from Old English unbunden, in literal sense. Figurative sense first attested late 14c.; of books from 1540s.
  • verb undo
Example sentences :
  • Fold a clean napkin the length of your dish the fish is to go up in; take up the fish, unbind it, and lay it on the napkin.
  • Extract from : « The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, » by Mary Eaton
  • "Order them to unbind me," entreated Foma, softly, in a mournful voice.
  • Extract from : « Foma Gordyeff » by Maxim Gorky
  • But unbind my hands, Sheriff, for your soul's sake, and let me meet my end valiantly.
  • Extract from : « Robin Hood » by Paul Creswick
  • Well, then, rascal, unbind my arm that I may summon the Nibelungen.
  • Extract from : « Operas Every Child Should Know » by Mary Schell Hoke Bacon
  • He managed to unbind himself, and slipped from our hands by the way.
  • Extract from : « Alamo Ranch » by Sarah Warner Brooks
  • To-morrow she may unbind her feet and prepare to join in the race for supremacy.
  • Extract from : « Problems of the Pacific » by Frank Fox
  • Why havent you any sort of people in your Church that can unbind you from promises?
  • Extract from : « The Minister's Wooing » by Harriet Beecher Stowe
  • I desired them to unbind her and let her alone, for they could not touch the spirit in her by which she was tormented.
  • Extract from : « George Fox » by George Fox
  • Unbind the China womans feet and she suffers agonies, so that she cannot walk.
  • Extract from : « Old Mole » by Gilbert Cannan
  • "Unbind her hands," said the magistrate, who had not spoken till then.
  • Extract from : « Silent Struggles » by Ann S. Stephens

Synonyms for unbind

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