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imbounds

imbounds is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 imbounds

What is imbounds the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Imbounds is the third-person singular simple present indicative of imbound.

Words near imbounds in the dictionary

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

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