bind up Copy link Outline I. Of dressing wounds, etc.1. lĭgo, 12. (more usu.) oblĭgo, 13. allĭgo, 14. collĭgo, 15. praelĭgo, 1II. To fasten together, confine1. obstringo, 32. substringo, 33. (In medical sense)III. Only in pass. • bind up: I. Of dressing wounds, etc.: 1. lĭgo, 1: to b. up a wound, vulnus l., Liv. 2. (more usu.) oblĭgo, 1: to b. up a broken leg, crus fractum ob., Pl.: to b. up a wound, vulnus ob., Cic. 3. allĭgo, 1: to b. up a wound, vulnus al., Liv.: Just. 4. collĭgo, 1: to b. up wounds, vulnera c., Suet. 5. praelĭgo, 1: Plin. II. To fasten together, confine: 1. obstringo, 3: to b. up the winds, ventos ob., Hor.: v. to confine. 2. substringo, 3: to b. the hair up in a knot, crinem nodo s., Tac. 3. (In medical sense): stringo, astringo, constringo, comprĭmo: v. to bind (III.). III. Only in pass.: to be bound up in or with, contĭneor, 2: the league with Rome, in which all our interests are bound up, Romanum foedus quo nostra omnia continentur, Liv.: my return (from exile) is bound up with your decision, meus reditus vestro judicio continetur, Cic.