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Definition of Bounden
1. Adjective. Morally obligatory. "My bounden duty"
Definition of Bounden
1. p. p & a. Bound; fastened by bonds.
Definition of Bounden
1. Adjective. Under an obligation; obliged (to do something) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bounden
1. obliged [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bounden
Literary usage of Bounden
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. England in the Reign of King Henry the Eighth ...: A Dialogue Between by Thomas Starkey, William Forrest (1878)
"... most bounden by nature. Of thys, Mastur Pole, many 57 mera dow you accuse,
... to the wych you are bounden no les then the chyld to the father, ..."
2. The Egerton Papers: A Collection of Public and Private Documents, Chiefly by Francis Egerton Ellesmere, John Payne Collier (1840)
"Also wheras Mr. Kempe, one of my Lorde Chancellors gent", became bounden unto me
for my Lorde ... I shall be much bounden unto your ..."
3. Bradford's History "of Plimoth Plantation.": From the Original Manuscript by William Bradford, Massachusetts General Court, Massachusetts Office of the Secretary of State (1899)
"Yours much bounden in all duty, Leyden, Desem : 15. JOHN ROBINSON, An*: 1617.
WTI.MAM BREWSTER. ... bounden ..."
4. The Church History of Britain: From the Birth of Jesus Christ Until the Year by Thomas Fuller, John Sherren Brewer (1845)
"... With most humble remembrance of my bounden — Elz' duty to your majesty, it
may please the same to be advertised, that the speeches which it hath ^jV ..."
5. Diary and Correspondence of Samuel Pepys, F.R.S.: Secretary to the by Samuel Pepys, Richard Griffin Braybrooke (1855)
"... besides that of my being ever Your most bounden and faithful humble Servant,
SPC orig. ... bounden ..."
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