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1. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Bound \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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   Note: 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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