| 1. to bind tie, fasten
1) to bind, fasten with chains, to throw into chains 2) metaph. 1b1. Satan is said to bind a woman bent together by means of a demon, as his messenger, taking possession of the woman and preventing her from standing upright 1b2. to bind, put under obligation, of the law, duty etc. 1b 1) to be bound to one, a wife, a husband 1b3. to forbid, prohibit, declare to be illicit |