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disbind

disbind verb: to unbind; to loosen.

Verb

disbind (third-person singular simple present disbinds, present participle disbinding, simple past and past participle disbound)

  1. (transitive) To unbind; to loosen.
    • a. 1639, Joseph Mede, a sermon
      Nay how dare we disbind or loose our elves from the tie of that way of agnizing and honouring God
    • Under what circumstances is it acceptable to annotate, extra-illustrate, cut up, disbind, rebind, reprint, recycle or discard books?2012, Leah Price, How to Do Things with Books in Victorian Britain, Princeton University Press, page 6

Forms of disbind

third-person singular presentdisbinds
present participledisbinding
past participledisbound
pastdisbound

Origin of disbind

From dis- + bind. Compare disband.

Questions about disbind

What does disbind mean?
Disbind means to unbind; to loosen.
What part of speech is disbind?
Disbind is a verb.
What is the past tense of disbind?
The past tense of disbind is disbound.

Words near disbind in the dictionary

  1. disbending
  2. disbends
  3. disbenefit
  4. disbenefits
  5. disbent
  6. disbind
  7. disbinding
  8. disbinds
  9. disblame
  10. disblamed
  11. disblames

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