v. [UP- 4. Cf. Du. opbinden, Da. opbinde, Sw. uppbinda, G. aufbinden.] trans. To bind up.
1590. Spenser, F. Q., III. iv. 40. His griesly wound:… which hauing well vpbound, They pourd in soueraine balme. Ibid. (1596), IV. xi. 52. [They] haue the sea in charge to them assinde,… To bring forth stormes, or fast them to vpbinde.
1650. Metr. Ps. Ch. Scotl., cxlvii. 3. Their painfull wounds he tenderly up-bindes.
1746. Collins, Ode to Peace, iii. O Peace, thy injur’d robes up-bind.
