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Definition of unbind - 3 dictionary results

un⋅bind

[uhn-bahynd]
–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')   
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.

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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 lit. sense. Fig. sense first attested 1390; of books from 1541.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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