different between upbind vs unbind

English

Etymology

up- +? bind

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?ba?nd/

Verb

upbind (third-person singular simple present upbinds, present participle upbinding, simple past and past participle upbound)

1. (transitive, obsolete, poetic) To bind up.
   • 1834, William Sotheby, translator, Homer, Iliad, Book 18, in The Iliad and Odyssey of Homer, volume 2, Nicol, page 223,

     The reapers toil'd, the sickles in their hand, / Heap after heap fell thick along the land; / Three labourers grasp them, and in sheaves upbind; / Boys, gathering up their handfuls, went behind, / Proffering their load:

Anagrams

• bind up, bindup

English

Etymology

From Middle English unbinden, from Old English unbindan, onbindan (“to unbind; untie”), from Proto-Germanic *andabindan?, equivalent to un- +? bind. Cognate with Dutch ontbinden, German entbinden, Gothic ???????????????????????????????????? (andbindan).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?ba?nd/

  Rhymes: -a?nd

Verb

unbind (third-person singular simple present unbinds, present participle unbinding, simple past unbound, past participle unbound or (rare) unbounden)

1. (transitive) To take bindings off.
2. (transitive, figuratively) To set free from a debt, contract or promise.
3. (computing, transitive) To disable some kind of connection in software, such as a key binding.
   • 2013, Douglas Chick, Minecraft Secrets Book Cheat Codes (page 23)

     Unbinds the specified key from a command

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