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imbounded

imbounded is the simple past and past participle of imbound.

Meaning of imbound

Verb

imbound (third-person singular simple present imbounds, present participle imbounding, simple past and past participle imbounded)

  1. (archaic) To enclose in limits; to shut in.
    • Be guilty of the stealing that sweet breath
      Which was imbounded in this beauteous clayc. 1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Iohn”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
    Synonyms:
    embound

Questions about imbounded

What is imbounded the simple past and past participle of?
Imbounded is the simple past and past participle of imbound.

Words near imbounded in the dictionary

  1. imbossers
  2. imbosses
  3. imbossing
  4. imbosture
  5. imbound
  6. imbounded
  7. imbounding
  8. imbounds
  9. imbow
  10. imbowed
  11. imbowel

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