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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
un·bind       [uhn-bahynd] Pronunciation Key
–verb (used with object), -bound, -bind·ing.
1.to release from bonds or restraint, as a prisoner; free.
2.to unfasten or loose, as a bond or tie.

[Origin: bef. 950; ME unbinden, OE unbindan; c. G entbinden. See un-2, bind]
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un·bind       (ŭn-bīnd')  Pronunciation Key 
tr.v.   un·bound (-bound'), un·bind·ing, un·binds
  1. To untie or unfasten, as wrappings or bindings.
  2. To release from restraints or bonds; free.

Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
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 lit. sense. Fig. sense first attested 1390; of books from 1541.

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unbind

verb
untie or unfasten; "unbind the feet of this poor woman" [ant: bind

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Unbind

Un*bind"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Unbound; p. pr. & vb. n. Unbinding.] [AS. unbindan. See Un-, and Bind.] To remove a band from; to set free from shackles or fastenings; to unite; to unfasten; to loose; as, unbind your fillets; to unbind a prisoner's arms; to unbind a load.

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