δεσμεύω

A. fetter, put in chains, h.Bacch. 17, E. Ba. 616, Pl. Lg. 808e; tie together, as corn in the sheaf, Hes. Op. 481; δ. ἀγκάλας PLond. 1.131r426 (ii A. D.); χόρτον PFlor. 322.31 (iii A. D.); δ. ἔκ τινος bind fast to . ., Plb. 3.93.4, Apollod. 2.1.3.

II. lay snares for, LXX 1 Ki. 24.12.