Definition of Bound up

1. Adjective. Closely or inseparably connected or associated with. "His career is bound up with the fortunes of the enterprise"

Similar to: Related, Related To

2. Adjective. Deeply devoted to. "Is wrapped up in his family"
Exact synonyms: Wrapped Up
Similar to: Committed

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bound Up

bouncy ball
bouncy castle
bouncy castles
bound
bound(p)
bound for
bound form
bound morpheme
bound morphemes
bound off
bound on equip
bound on pickup
bound state
bound states
bound to
bound up (current term)
bound variable
bound variables
bound water
boundable
boundance
boundaries
boundariless
boundary
boundary-rider
boundary condition
boundary layer
boundary line
boundary rider

Literary usage of Bound up

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Two Years Before the Mast by Richard Henry Dana (1897)
"... and stood out, being bound up the coast to San Francisco. The crew of the brig's boat were Sandwich-Islanders, but one of them, who spoke a little ..."

2. Annual Report by Correctional Association of New York (1871)
"Printed by the Managers, and bound up in 1 vol., 8vo. Annual Reports of the Western (New York) House of Refuge, 1850-1863: bound up in 1 vol., 8vo. ..."

3. The Iliad of Homer by Homer, John Graham Cordery (1871)
"... feet the ashen spear ; Till brave Agenor drew the weapon forth, And bound up in a sling of twisted wool (Borne by the follower of the prince) his hand. ..."

4. Proceedings of the ... Annual Congress of Correction of the American by American Correctional Association (1871)
"Printed by the Managers, and bound up in 1 vol., 8vo. ... Annual Reports of the Connecticut Reform School, 1853-1865 : bound up in 1 vol., 8vo. ..."

5. Publications by English Historical Society (1839)
"... an original Subscriber's Copy, bound up in 8 vols, folio, half morocco, uncut, early and very superior impressions of the plates (pub. at £141. 15s. ..."

6. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1909)
"It is in this sense that " natural religion " and the term " natural " itself are so intimately bound up with the history of Deism (see NATURAL THEOLOGY). ..."

7. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"In its formation and development, the Dominican legislation as a whole is closely bound up with historical facts relative to the origin and progress of the ..."

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