embindv.
/ɛmˈbʌɪnd/ transitive. To confine, hold fast.
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society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restraint depriving of liberty > deprive of liberty by restraint [verb (transitive)]
at-hold?c1225
to hold inc1300
withholda1325
distrainc1340
restrain1397
stressa1425
detain1485
to lay fast1560
constrain1590
enstraiten1619
embinda1628
pin1738
coerce1780
deport1909
a1628 F. Greville Alaham iii. ii, in Certaine Wks. (1633) 44 This secret haste is sure: all is imbound.
c1838 W. Wordsworth Egyptian Maid The Damsel, in that trance embound.
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v.a1628- to be in a person's favour
- to be in a person's good grace
- to be in a person's good graces
- to be in a person's grace
- to be in a person's possession
- to be in a puzzle
- to be in a state
- to be in a wax
- to be in a way
- to be in a way of
- to be in a world of one's own
- to be in agreement
- to be in agreement with someone
- to be in altitudes
- to be in an interesting condition
- to be in another person's shoes
- to be in another world
- to be in any one's clothes
- to be in any one's coat
- to be in at the death
- to be in at the finish
- to be in awe of
- to be in bad odour
- to be in beast mode
- to be in bed with