[a. F. bande-r, f. bande BAND sb.1 and 2, the senses of which run together in the verb. Perh. partly derived from the Eng. sbs.]
1. trans. To bind or fasten with a band or bands.
1488–1852. [see BANDED 1.]
† 2. a. To furnish with a band, to bind (a garment). b. To cover with a band or bandage. Obs.
1530. Palsgr., 443/1. I bande a garment or a maser, or any suche lyke … Bande your jacket, it shall be strongar.
1700. Dryden, Pal. & Arc., II. 520 (J.).
| And by his mother stood an infant Love, | |
| With wings unfledged; his eyes were banded o’er, | |
| His hands a bow, his back a quiver bore. |
1855. Bookseller, 5 March (Advt.). Prospectuses folded, banded, and stamped for Post.
3. To mark with bands or stripes.
1853. Kane, Grinnell Exp., xxviii. (1856), 230. An opalescent purple, that banded the entire horizon.
1878. Huxley, Physiogr., xix. 328. Each of these halves is banded round by a number of circles.
4. To join or form into a band or company; to unite, confederate, league: a. trans. and refl.
1530. Palsgr., 443/1. He bandeth hymselfe with your enemyes.
1581. J. Bell, Haddon’s Answ. Osor., A ij. Bandyng … all his knowledge and skill agaynst the professed doctrine of our Religion.
a. 1593. H. Smith, Wks. (1867), II. 184. The rulers band themselves against him.
1667. Milton, P. L., V. 714. What multitudes Were banded to oppose his high Decree.
1876. Green, Short Hist., ii. § 6. 91. Everywhere … men banded themselves together for prayer.
b. intr.
1530. Palsgr., 443/1. He bandeth with them that wyll forsake hym, whan he hath most nede.
1596. Spenser, F. Q., I. iv. 36. Huge routs of people did about them band.
1611. Bible, Acts xxiii. 12. Certaine of the Iewes banded together.
1845. R. W. Hamilton, Pop. Educ., vi. 118. The enemies of Sabbath school Instruction are too scattered to band, too imbecile to argue.
