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bound⋅en

  [boun-duhn]
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–adjective
1. obligatory; compulsory: one's bounden duty.
2. Archaic. under obligation; obliged.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME, var. of bound 1
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bound·en   (boun'dən)   
adj.  

  1. Obligatory: their bounden duty.

  2. Archaic Being under obligation; obliged.


[Middle English, past participle of binden, to bind, from Old English bindan; see bind.]
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