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disbind en · VERB

Etymology

From dis- + bind. Compare disband.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To unbind; to loosen.
    • a. 1639, Joseph Mede, a sermon Nay how dare we disbind or loose our elves from the tie of that way of agnizing and honouring God
    • Under what circumstances is it acceptable to annotate, extra-illustrate, cut up, disbind, rebind, reprint, recycle or discard books? 2012, Leah Price, How to Do Things with Books in Victorian Britain, Princeton University Press, page 6:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
disbinds Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
disbinding Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
disbound Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
disbound Tense=Past lexicographic