Latin

Verb

dēvinciō ‎(present infinitive dēvincīre, perfect active dēvinxī, supine dēvinctum); fourth conjugation

1. I bind fast, tie up
2. I subjugate
3. I oblige, constrain

Inflection

References

• devincio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• devincio in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “devincio”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to lay any one under an obligation by kind treatment: beneficiis aliquem obstringere, obligare, devincire
    
  • to commit a crime and so make oneself liable to the consequences of it: scelere se devincire, se obstringere, astringi
    
  • to attach a person to oneself: devincire aliquem consuetudine