Meanings
present singular third person disbinds · participle present disbinding · participle past disbound · past disbound
- transitiveTo 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
1 more example
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
Origin
From dis- + bind. Compare disband.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
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