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<hw>Bound"en</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>p.p & a.</tt> <ety>[Old. p. p. of <ets>bind</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Bound; fastened by bonds.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

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<p><b>2.</b> <def>Under obligation; bound by some favor rendered; obliged; beholden.</def>

<blockquote>This holy word, that teacheth us truly our <b>bounden</b> duty toward our Lord God in every point. <i>Ridley.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Made obligatory; imposed as a duty; binding.</def>

<blockquote>I am much <b>bounden</b> to your majesty. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Bounder</h1> <Xpage=171>

<hw>Bound"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who, or that which, limits; a boundary.</def>

<i>Sir T. Herbert.</i>

<h1>Bounding</h1> <Xpage=171>

<hw>Bound"ing</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Moving with a bound or bounds.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>bounding</b> pulse, the languid limb. <i>Montgomery.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Boundless</h1> <Xpage=171>

<hw>Bound"less</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Without bounds or confines; illimitable; vast; unlimited.</def> "The <i>boundless</i> sky." <i>Bryant.</i> "The <i>boundless</i> ocean." <i>Dryden.</i> "<i>Boundless</i> rapacity." "<i>Boundless</i> prospect of gain."

<i>Macaulay.</i>

<syn>Syn. -- Unlimited; unconfined; immeasurable; illimitable; infinite.</syn>

-- <wordforms><wf>Bound"less*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>Bound"less*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Bounteous</h1> <Xpage=171>

<hw>Boun"te*ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>bountevous</ets>, fr. <ets>bounte</ets> bounty.]</ety> <def>Liberal in charity; disposed to give freely; generously liberal; munificent; beneficent; free in bestowing gifts; <as>as, <ex>bounteous</ex> production</as>.</def>

<blockquote>But O, thou <b>bounteous</b> Giver of all good. <i>Cowper.</i></blockquote>

-- <wordforms><wf>Boun"te*ous*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>Boun"te*ous*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Bountiful</h1> <Xpage=171>

<hw>Boun"ti*ful</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Free in giving; liberal in bestowing gifts and favors.</def>

<blockquote>God, the <b>bountiful</b> Author of our being. <i>Locke.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Plentiful; abundant; <as>as, a <ex>bountiful</ex> supply of food</as>.</def>

<syn>Syn. -- Liberal; munificent; generous; bounteous.</syn>