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imbounding

imbounding is the present participle and gerund 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 imbounding

What is imbounding the present participle and gerund of?
Imbounding is the present participle and gerund of imbound.

Words near imbounding in the dictionary

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

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