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English Dictionary: bended by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bended
adj
  1. used of the back and knees; stooped; "on bended knee"; "with bent (or bended) back"
    Synonym(s): bended, bent
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bend \Bend\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bended} or {Bent}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Bending}.] [AS. bendan to bend, fr. bend a band,
      bond, fr. bindan to bind. See {Bind}, v. t., and cf. 3d & 4th
      {Bend}.]
      1. To strain or move out of a straight line; to crook by
            straining; to make crooked; to curve; to make ready for
            use by drawing into a curve; as, to bend a bow; to bend
            the knee.
  
      2. To turn toward some certain point; to direct; to incline.
            [bd]Bend thine ear to supplication.[b8] --Milton.
  
                     Towards Coventry bend we our course.   --Shak.
  
                     Bending her eyes . . . upon her parent. --Sir W.
                                                                              Scott.
  
      3. To apply closely or with interest; to direct.
  
                     To bend his mind to any public business. --Temple.
  
                     But when to mischief mortals bend their will.
                                                                              --Pope.
  
      4. To cause to yield; to render submissive; to subdue.
            [bd]Except she bend her humor.[b8] --Shak.
  
      5. (Naut.) To fasten, as one rope to another, or as a sail to
            its yard or stay; or as a cable to the ring of an anchor.
            --Totten.
  
      {To bend the brow}, to knit the brow, as in deep thought or
            in anger; to scowl; to frown. --Camden.
  
      Syn: To lean; stoop; deflect; bow; yield.
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