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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Bound \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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