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Bind Over

Definition: Bind Over

Bind Over

Verb

1. Law: order a defendant to be placed in custody pending the outcome of a proceedings against him or her; "The defendant was bound over for trial".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonyms within Context: Bind Over

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Compulsion

Extort, wring from; squeeze, put on the squeeze; put on the screws, turn on the screw; drag into; bind, bind over; pin down, tie down; require, tax, put in force; commandeer; restrain.

Duty

Impose a duty; Noun: enjoin, require, exact; bind, bind over; saddle with, prescribe, assign, call upon, look to, oblige.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Bind Over

English words defined with "bind over": police court. (references)

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Use in Literature: Bind Over

TitleAuthorQuote

Grapes of Wrath

Steinbeck, John

The tarpaulin lay ready to bind over the load.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Expression: Bind Over

Expression using "bind over": To bind over. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Bind Over

Language Translations for "bind over"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Hungarian

  

kötelez (bind, obligate, oblige, to bind over, to engage, to obligate, to oblige). (various references)

   

Manx

  

cur fo kiangley. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

indbay overay

   

Russian 

  

обязывать (call for, obligate, oblige, tie). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

obligar legalmente. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

förbinda (associate, bandage, conjoin, dress, join, joint, pledge, straddle). (various references)

   

Thai

  

ให้สัญญาว่าจะปฏิบัติตาม (ทางกฎหมาย). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

обв'язувати. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Bind Over

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: ovenbird.

Words within the letters "b-d-e-i-n-o-r-v"

-1 letter: overbid.

-2 letters: binder, bonder, bonier, boride, bovine, brined, devoir, dinero, driven, inbred, ironed, nevoid, rebind, renvoi, vendor, verbid, verdin, voider.

-3 letters: bevor, bider, boned, boner, bored, borne, bovid, bride, brine, devon, diner, diver, dobie, doven, drive, drone, drove, envoi, irone, orbed, ovine, rebid, redon, rived, riven, robed, robin, roved, roven, video, vined, vireo.

 Words containing the letters "b-d-e-i-n-o-r-v"
 

+1 letter: ovenbirds.

 

+2 letters: overbidden.

 

+3 letters: bedcovering, overbidding, overdubbing.

 

+4 letters: bedcoverings, overbuilding.

 

+5 letters: overburdening, subordinative.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Quotations: Fiction
4. Expressions
5. Translations: Modern
6. Anagrams
7. Bibliography


  

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