disbind

English

Etymology

From dis- +‎ bind. Compare disband.

Verb

disbind (third-person singular simple present disbinds, present participle disbinding, simple past and past participle disbound)

1. (transitive) To unbind; to loosen.
   • a. 1639, Joseph Mede, a sermon

     Nay how dare we disbind or loose our ſelves from the tie of that way of agnizing and honouring God

   • 2012, Leah Price, How to Do Things with Books in Victorian Britain, Princeton University Press, page 6:

     Under what circumstances is it acceptable to annotate, extra-illustrate, cut up, disbind, rebind, reprint, recycle or discard books?