bind oneself
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To bind oneself to live with a man when perhaps we have ceased to care for him; it’s hideous.”
From All Roads Lead to Calvary by Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome
As she expressed it, it was one thing to obey God, but quite another thing to bind oneself to obey a man for a lifetime.
From The Century of Columbus by James J. Walsh
Its root is that of the verb "rotisya," to bind oneself by an oath; and it is generally admitted to be only another form of "rota," which now signifies a "regimental company."
From The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli
It would be no use to bind oneself to do a variety of things which may not be required.
From The Geneva Protocol by David Hunter Miller
Now it does not seem unlawful to bind oneself to an obligation of the natural law.
From Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province by Saint Thomas Aquinas
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