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boune

boune is the obsolete form of bound.

Meaning of bound

Adjective

bound (not comparable)

  1. (with infinitive) Obliged (to).
    • You are not legally bound to reply.
  2. That cannot stand alone as a free word.
  3. Constrained by a quantifier.
  4. (dated) Constipated; costive.
  5. (in-compounds) Confined or restricted to a certain place.
    • railbound
  6. (in-compounds) Unable to move in certain conditions.
    • snowbound

See all 21 meanings of bound

Forms of boune

comparativemore boune
superlativemost boune

Questions about boune

What is boune the obsolete form of?
Boune is the obsolete form of bound.

Words near boune in the dictionary

  1. boundstone
  2. boundstones
  3. boundure
  4. boundures
  5. Boundy
  6. boune
  7. bouned
  8. Bounevialle
  9. boung
  10. bounge
  11. bounges

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Adapted from Wiktionary: boune (page history and authors); bound (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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