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English Synonyms and Antonyms

by James Champlin Fernald

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BIND ( page 81 ).

Questions.

1. What is the distinctive sense of bind? 2. What is the special meaning of tie? 3. In how general a sense is fasten used? 4. Which of the above three words is used in a figurative sense?

Examples.

Shut, shut the door, good John! fatigu'd, I said;
—— up the knocker, say I'm sick, I'm dead.

Adjust our lives to loss, make friends with pain,
—— all our shattered hopes and bid them bloom again.

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