BIND is validvalid

to tie or secure [v BINDING, BINDS, BOUND] : BINDABLE [adj], BINDER [n], BINDINGLY [adv]

1,507 of 196,601 in NWL2023·also valid in CSW24

to tie, fasten [v BOUND or (archaic) YBOUND, BOUND or (archaic) YBOUNDEN, BINDING, BINDS]