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upbinding

upbinding is the present participle and gerund of upbind.

Meaning of upbind

Verb

upbind (third-person singular simple present upbinds, present participle upbinding, simple past and past participle upbound)

  1. (obsolete, poetic, transitive) To bind up.
    • All these the daughters of old Nereus were, / Which have the sea in charge to them assign'd, / To rule his tides, and surges to uprear, / To bring forth storms, or fast them to upbind, / And sailors save from wrecks of wrathful wind.1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, published 1758, Canto XLI, page 149

Questions about upbinding

What is upbinding the present participle and gerund of?
Upbinding is the present participle and gerund of upbind.

Words near upbinding in the dictionary

  1. upbid
  2. upbidded
  3. upbidding
  4. upbids
  5. upbind
  6. upbinding
  7. upbinds
  8. upblast
  9. upblasted
  10. upblasting
  11. upblasts

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