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Bound (bound), n. [OE. bounde, bunne, OF. bonne, bonde, bodne, F. borne, fr. LL. bodina, bodena, bonna; prob. of Celtic origin; cf. Arm. bonn boundary, limit, and boden, bod, a tuft or cluster of trees, by which a boundary or limit could be marked. Cf. Bourne.] The external or limiting line, either real or imaginary, of any object or space; that which limits or restrains, or within which something is limited or restrained; limit; confine; extent; boundary.
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He hath compassed the waters with bounds.
Job xxvi. 10.
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On earth's remotest bounds.
Campbell.
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And mete the bounds of hate and love.
Tennyson.
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To keep within bounds, not to exceed or pass beyond assigned limits; to act with propriety or discretion.
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Syn. -- See Boundary.
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Bound, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bounded; p. pr. & vb. n. Bounding.]
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1. To limit; to terminate; to fix the furthest point of extension of; -- said of natural or of moral objects; to lie along, or form, a boundary of; to inclose; to circumscribe; to restrain; to confine.
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Where full measure only bounds excess.
Milton.
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Phlegethon . . .
Whose fiery flood the burning empire bounds.
Dryden.
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2. To name the boundaries of; as, to bound France.
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Bound, v. i. [F. bondir to leap, OF. bondir, bundir, to leap, resound, fr. L. bombitare to buzz, hum, fr. bombus a humming, buzzing. See Bomb.]
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1. To move with a sudden spring or leap, or with a succession of springs or leaps; as the beast bounded from his den; the herd bounded across the plain.
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Before his lord the ready spaniel bounds.
Pope.
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And the waves bound beneath me as a steed
That knows his rider.
Byron.
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2. To rebound, as an elastic ball.
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Bound, v. t. 1. To make to bound or leap; as, to bound a horse. [R.] Shak.
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2. To cause to rebound; to throw so that it will rebound; as, to bound a ball on the floor. [Collog.]
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Bound, n. 1. A leap; an elastic spring; a jump.
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A bound of graceful hardihood.
Wordsworth.
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2. Rebound; as, the bound of a ball. Johnson.
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3. (Dancing) Spring from one foot to the other.
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Bound, imp. & p. p. of Bind.
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Bound, p. p. & a. 1. Restrained by a hand, rope, chain, fetters, or the like.
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2. Inclosed in a binding or cover; as, a bound volume.
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3. Under legal or moral restraint or obligation.
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4. Constrained or compelled; destined; certain; -- followed by the infinitive; as, he is bound to succeed; he is bound to fail.
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5. Resolved; as, I am bound to do it. [Collog. U. S.]
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6. Constipated; costive.
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&hand_; Used also in composition; as, icebound, windbound, hidebound, etc.
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Bound bailiff (Eng. Law), a sheriff's officer who serves writs, makes arrests, etc. The sheriff being answerable for the bailiff's misdemeanors, the bailiff is usually under bond for the faithful discharge of his trust. -- Bound up in, entirely devoted to; inseparable from.
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Bound, a. [Past p. of OE. bounen to prepare, fr. boun ready, prepared, fr. Icel. b&ū;inn, p. p. of b&ū;a to dwell, prepare; akin to E. boor and bower. See Bond, a., and cf. Busk, v.] Ready or intending to go; on the way toward; going; -- with to or for, or with an adverb of motion; as, a ship is bound to Cadiz, or for Cadiz. “The mariner bound homeward.” Cowper.
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