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.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Mede to this entry?)

   • 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?