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verb

simple past tense and past participle of unbind.

adjective

not bound, as a book.

free; not attached, as by a chemical bond: unbound electrons.

Origin:
before 900; (adj.) Middle English unbounde, unbunden, Old English unbunden; see un-¹, bound¹

Can be confused: unbound, unbounded.

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verb (used with object), un·bound, un·bind·ing.

to release from bonds or restraint, as a prisoner; free.

to unfasten or loose, as a bond or tie.

Origin:
before 950; Middle English unbinden, Old English unbindan; cognate with German entbinden. See un-², bind

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unbind (ʌnˈbaɪnd)

—vb , -binds, -binding, -bound
1.	to set free from restraining bonds or chains; release
2.	to unfasten or make loose (a bond, tie, etc)

unbound (ʌnˈbaʊnd)

—vb
1.	the past tense and past participle of unbind

—*adj*
2.	(of a book) not bound within a cover
3.	not restrained or tied down by bonds
4.	(of a morpheme) able to form a word by itself; free

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Word Origin & History

unbind

O.E. unbindan, "to free from binding," from un- (2) + bind. Cf. Ger. entbinden, Du. ontbinden. Lit. and fig. senses both present in O.E.

"Suæ huæt ðu unbindes ofer eorðu bið unbunden in heofnum." [Lindisfarne Gospels, Matt. XVI.19]

Unbound is from O.E. unbunden, in literal sense. Figurative sense first attested late 14c.; of books from 1540s.

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