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upbinds

upbinds is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 upbinds

What is upbinds the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Upbinds is the third-person singular simple present indicative of upbind.

Words near upbinds in the dictionary

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

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