Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Set free; unwedded.
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- verb Past participle of
unbind
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Examples
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Then admonested S. Benet the tyrant, and said to him that he should leave his cruelty and his woodness, and he departed and never after that day he demanded of villain any good, ne of the man that S. Benet had unbounden only by his sight.
The Golden Legend, vol. 3 1230-1298 1900
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When S. Benet heard, he lift up a little his eyes and beheld the carle that was tofore him, and anon by great marvel his arms were unbounden, he stood tofore the tyrant appertly, without dread.
The Golden Legend, vol. 3 1230-1298 1900
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And the parents of the artillour wept and put the fire under the wheel and would have burnt Eufemia with the wheel, but the wheel was burnt, and Eufemia was unbounden by the angel of God, and was seen to stand all whole, unhurt, in a high place.
The Golden Legend, vol. 5 1230-1298 1900
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Unbinding, for he hath unbounden the bonds of sin, and that was by the keys that he received of our Lord.
The Golden Legend, vol. 4 1230-1298 1900
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And then he commanded that he should be unbounden and enclosed in the prison of Hippolitus.
The Golden Legend, vol. 4 1230-1298 1900
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