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bound over

bound over is the simple past and past participle of bind over.

Meaning of bind over

Verb

bind over (third-person singular simple present binds over, present participle binding over, simple past and past participle bound over)

  1. (transitive) To compel someone to do, or abstain from, a particular act.
    • In Middlesex, instead of being tried by jury, hundreds of suspected adulterers were instead bound over by magistrates – in other words, forced to end their alleged relationships, find respectable citizens to post bail for their good behviour, and appear in court to answer for their future conduct.2012, Faramerz Dabhoiwala, The Origins of Sex, Penguin, published 2013, page 48

Questions about bound over

What is bound over the simple past and past participle of?
Bound over is the simple past and past participle of bind over.

Words near bound over in the dictionary

  1. bound morpheme
  2. bound morphemes
  3. bound off
  4. bound on equip
  5. bound on pickup
  6. bound over
  7. bound properties
  8. bound property
  9. bound state
  10. bound states
  11. bound termineme

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