v (figuratively) To oblige, restrain, or hold, by authority, law, duty, promise, vow, affection, or other social tie.
v (legal) To put (a person) under definite legal obligations, especially, under the obligation of a bond or covenant.
v (legal) To place under legal obligation to serve.
v (transitive) To protect or strengthen by applying a band or binding, as the edge of a carpet or garment.
v (transitive|archaic) To make fast (a thing) about or upon something, as by tying; to encircle with something.
v (transitive|archaic) To cover, as with a bandage.
v (transitive|archaic) To prevent or restrain from customary or natural action.
v (transitive) To put together in a cover, as of books.
v (transitive|computing) To associate an identifier with a value; to associate a variable name, method name, etc. with the content of a storage location.