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bound verb1. LME.
[from BOUND noun1.]
verb trans. Set bounds to, limit, restrict. Now only fig. LME.
Milton He shall..bound his Reign With earth's wide bounds. A. B. Jameson His views were not bounded by any narrow ideas of expediency.
verb intrans. Abut on a territory etc.; share a boundary (with). arch. M16.
verb trans. Form the boundary of; enclose. L16.
H. Belloc Some wood which bounded our horizon.
bounding noun1 (a) the action of the verb; (b) a boundary: M16.