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Bound
BOUND, n.
1. A limit; the line which comprehends the whole of any given object or space. It differs from boundary. See the latter. Bound is applied to kingdoms, states,cities, towns, tracts of land, and to territorial jurisdiction.
2. A limit by which any excursion is restrained; the limit of indulgence or desire; as, the love of money knows no bounds.
3. A leap; a spring; a jump; a rebound.
4. In dancing, a spring from one foot to the other.
BOUND, v.t. To limit; to terminate; to fix the furthest point of extension,whether of natural or moral objects, as of land, or empire, or of passion, desire,indulgence. Hence, to restrain or confine; as, to bound our wishes. To bound in is hardly legitimate.
1. To make to bound.
BOUND, v.i. To leap; to jump; to spring; to move forward by leaps.
Before his lord the ready spaniel bounds.
1. To rebound--but the sense is the same.
BOUND, pret. and pp. of bind. As a participle, made fast by a band,or by chains or fetters; obliged by moral ties; confined; restrained.
1. As a participle or perhaps more properly an adj.,destined; tending; going, or intending to go; with to or for; as, a ship is bound to Cadiz, or for Cadiz.
The application of this word,in this use, is taken from the orders given for the government of the voyage,implying obligation, or from tending, stretching. So destined implies being bound.
Bound is used in composition, as in ice-bound, wind-bound, when a ship is confined or prevented from sailing by ice or by contrary winds.
bound appears in definitions for these words:
Abroad Abut Abuttal Acceptance Affianced Alkenna Almightiness Almighty Alms Altaic Applicate-ordinate Apprentice Apprenticeship Articled Assets Astricted Authorize Band Bandage Banded Barrel Barrier Battel Bavin Begirt Beholden Bind Bindery Blanching Bond Bondmaid Bondman Bondsman Book Boot Border Borne Borough Bottom Bottomry Bouncing Bound Boundary Bounden Bounder Bounding-stone Boundless Bourn Broker Brow Browbound Bumbailiff Bundle But Carry Cautioner Chained Chapelry Chivalry Chorographical Chorography Circumference Circumscribe Circumscriptible Circumscription Climate Collar Colligated Commissioner Compass Compel Concluded Configuration Confine Confineless Conjured Constrained Constricted Conterminable Conterminate Conterminous Continue Corded Costive Courses Curvet Curvilineal Curvilinear Debt Defection Define Definite Delay Demarkation Designation Determinative Determine Dimensionless Dimensive Diph-thong Discharge Discontinuance Discovery Disorder Disterminate Dole Duty Effrontery Encroach Enlistment Escuage Exceed Exceeder Excessive Extend Extralimitary Extravagant Fasciated Fascine Fealty Fetch Fetter Fettered Fidejussor Fidelity Fineless Finite Finiteness For Formal Forth Frankpledge Gangweek Girded Goal Hail Hermit Ho Horizon Illimitable Illimitably Illimitedness Imagination Imborder Imbordered Imbordering Imbound Immoderate Immodest Importance Indentation Independent Infinite Infinitely Infiniteness Infinitude Infinity Inordinate Instrumental Interminable Invariably Isoperimetrical Isoperimetry Jump Jumping Landmark Late Law Leap Leaping Liability Liable Liberty Liege Ligation Ligature Limit Limitable Limitaneous Limitation Limited Limiter List Litigious Locate Mainpernor Make Mature Meer Meered Mere Mete Millenium Moderate Monument Moral Muzzle Obligated Obligating Obligation Obliged Obligee Ocean Open Ought Outbound Outcompass Outrageous Outwards Owe Pack Package Packed Pamphlet Parallelopiped Parceling Pardon Parish Pass Passage Passy-measure Perambulate Perambulation Perimeter Piece Plash Postliminium Prance Prancing Precinct Prefix Prism Promise Quadrature Ramp Rampant Range Ready Rebelliously Reckon Recognized Redress Regular Religious Representative Restrict Restricted Restriction Result Rigoli Roll Run Sally Schism Sea-bound Searcher Secular Security Sentence Sergeantry Servant Set Several Severally Shag Sheaf Sheet Shot Should Skip Skipping Slide Slip Spheroidical Spring Stint Subject Subsultive Subsultory Superabounding Surcingled Surety Survey Swaddle Swaddled Swathe Tax Term Terminable Terminate Terminated Termination Terminator Termless Terrier Territory Thank Thus Toll Tome Trapezihedron Trespass Triacontahedral Triangle Trip Tropic Truck Trussed Tyed Ulterior Unbound Unbounded Unboundedly Unboundedness Uncircumscribed Undefinable Undertake Unengaged Uniform Unlimitable Unlimited Unlimitedly Unlimitedness Unlocated Unmeasurable Unreasonable Unsworn Untied Until Unzoned Vault Verge Victorious Visible Volume Vote Vower Walk Wattled Which Windbound Wood-bound Woolded
Abroad Abut Abuttal Acceptance Affianced Alkenna Almightiness Almighty Alms Altaic Applicate-ordinate Apprentice Apprenticeship Articled Assets Astricted Authorize Band Bandage Banded Barrel Barrier Battel Bavin Begirt Beholden Bind Bindery Blanching Bond Bondmaid Bondman Bondsman Book Boot Border Borne Borough Bottom Bottomry Bouncing Bound Boundary Bounden Bounder Bounding-stone Boundless Bourn Broker Brow Browbound Bumbailiff Bundle But Carry Cautioner Chained Chapelry Chivalry Chorographical Chorography Circumference Circumscribe Circumscriptible Circumscription Climate Collar Colligated Commissioner Compass Compel Concluded Configuration Confine Confineless Conjured Constrained Constricted Conterminable Conterminate Conterminous Continue Corded Costive Courses Curvet Curvilineal Curvilinear Debt Defection Define Definite Delay Demarkation Designation Determinative Determine Dimensionless Dimensive Diph-thong Discharge Discontinuance Discovery Disorder Disterminate Dole Duty Effrontery Encroach Enlistment Escuage Exceed Exceeder Excessive Extend Extralimitary Extravagant Fasciated Fascine Fealty Fetch Fetter Fettered Fidejussor Fidelity Fineless Finite Finiteness For Formal Forth Frankpledge Gangweek Girded Goal Hail Hermit Ho Horizon Illimitable Illimitably Illimitedness Imagination Imborder Imbordered Imbordering Imbound Immoderate Immodest Importance Indentation Independent Infinite Infinitely Infiniteness Infinitude Infinity Inordinate Instrumental Interminable Invariably Isoperimetrical Isoperimetry Jump Jumping Landmark Late Law Leap Leaping Liability Liable Liberty Liege Ligation Ligature Limit Limitable Limitaneous Limitation Limited Limiter List Litigious Locate Mainpernor Make Mature Meer Meered Mere Mete Millenium Moderate Monument Moral Muzzle Obligated Obligating Obligation Obliged Obligee Ocean Open Ought Outbound Outcompass Outrageous Outwards Owe Pack Package Packed Pamphlet Parallelopiped Parceling Pardon Parish Pass Passage Passy-measure Perambulate Perambulation Perimeter Piece Plash Postliminium Prance Prancing Precinct Prefix Prism Promise Quadrature Ramp Rampant Range Ready Rebelliously Reckon Recognized Redress Regular Religious Representative Restrict Restricted Restriction Result Rigoli Roll Run Sally Schism Sea-bound Searcher Secular Security Sentence Sergeantry Servant Set Several Severally Shag Sheaf Sheet Shot Should Skip Skipping Slide Slip Spheroidical Spring Stint Subject Subsultive Subsultory Superabounding Surcingled Surety Survey Swaddle Swaddled Swathe Tax Term Terminable Terminate Terminated Termination Terminator Termless Terrier Territory Thank Thus Toll Tome Trapezihedron Trespass Triacontahedral Triangle Trip Tropic Truck Trussed Tyed Ulterior Unbound Unbounded Unboundedly Unboundedness Uncircumscribed Undefinable Undertake Unengaged Uniform Unlimitable Unlimited Unlimitedly Unlimitedness Unlocated Unmeasurable Unreasonable Unsworn Untied Until Unzoned Vault Verge Victorious Visible Volume Vote Vower Walk Wattled Which Windbound Wood-bound Woolded
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