'Bended' definitions:

Definition of 'bended'

From: WordNet
adjective
Used of the back and knees; stooped; "on bended knee"; "with bent (or bended) back" [syn: bended, bent]

Definition of 'Bended'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To turn toward some certain point; to direct; to incline. "Bend thine ear to supplication." --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • Towards Coventry bend we our course. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • Bending her eyes . . . upon her parent. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To apply closely or with interest; to direct. [1913 Webster]
  • To bend his mind to any public business. --Temple. [1913 Webster]
  • But when to mischief mortals bend their will. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. To cause to yield; to render submissive; to subdue. "Except she bend her humor." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • To bend the brow, to knit the brow, as in deep thought or in anger; to scowl; to frown. --Camden. [1913 Webster]
  • Syn: To lean; stoop; deflect; bow; yield. [1913 Webster]

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