▪ I. bounden, ppl. a.
(ˈbaʊndən)
[The fuller form of bound ppl. a.2 f. bind v., q.v. for Forms.]
† 1. = bound, in literal senses: Made fast by tie, band, or bar; tied, fastened, clamped. Obs.
| c 1325 Coer de L. 5123 Bounden coffres, and gret males. c 1325 E.E. Allit. P. B. 322 Both boskez & bourez & wel bounden penez. 1375 Barbour Bruce vii. 115 Ane of thame apon his hals A mekill bundyn weddir bare. 1382 Wyclif Gen. xlii. 35 Thei founden in the mouth of the sackis boundun moneys. 1856 Longfellow Beowulf's Exp. Heort 56 The men shoved off..the bounden wood [Beow. 438 wudu bundenne]. |
† b. Pregnant. Obs. Cf. bound ppl. a.2 1 b.
| c 1400 Destr. Troy 13718 Ho boundyn with barne with þe bold Pirrus. |
† c. Of notes in music: Connected by a bind.
| 1609 Douland Ornithop. Microl. 40 The Accidents of simple Notes..are also the Accidents of the bounden Notes. |
2. Made fast in bonds or in prison. Also as quasi-n. arch.
| a 1300 Cursor M. 13103 He..þat sale Boru þe bunden folk o bale. 1388 Wyclif Isa. xlii. 7 That thou schuldest lede out of closing togidere a boundun man. a 1533 Frith Disput. Purgatory (1829) 153 Thou hast..brought out thy bounden prisoners out of the pit. 1778 R. Lowth On Isa. (ed. 12) 384 notes, The proclaiming of perfect liberty to the bounden. 1870 Tennyson Pelleas & Ettarre 306 Her knights..thrust him bounden out of door. |
b. fig. In bondage, subject. arch. (Cf. bond.)
| c 1480 Ragman Roll in Hazl. E.P.P. 75 Ye so bowendyn han mayd hym and so thrall. 1596 Spenser Hymn Beauty 281 That I her bounden thrall by her may liue. 1820 Scott Abbot xxxvii, Make me your bounden slave for ever. |
† c. Tied with the bonds of matrimony. Obs.
| 1426 Audelay Poems (1844) 6 For thou art boundon, go were thou goo. c 1450 How wise man, etc. 133 in Hazl. E.P.P. I. 175 Laddys that ar bundyn..That can not rewle ther wyves aryȝt. |
3. Under obligation, legal or moral; obliged, compelled, enforced. arch.
| a 1300 Cursor M. 12117 Þou es vnder and þar-in bunden. 1547 in Newminster Cartul. (1878) 316 Thabouebounden Rychard Tyrrell. 1809 R. Langford Introd. Trade 106 The above bounden Thomas Abbot. 1872 Liddon Elem. Relig. i. 19 Here God is represented as the bounden Companion of a man's life. |
4. Under obligation on account of favours received; obliged, beholden, indebted (to). Also as quasi-n. (obs.). The usual modern sense.
| 1530 Palsgr. Ep. Ded. 4 To whom for their benefytes I was so highly bounden. c 1585 Faire Em i. 222, I thank your highness, whose bounden I remain. 1595 Shakes. John iii. iii. 29, I am much bounden to your Maiesty. 1621 Bolton Stat. Irel. (an. 28 Eliz.) All us your most bounden and obedient subjects. 1642 T. Taylor God's Judgem. i. i. vi. 9 He is the more bounden and beholden to him. 1765 H. Walpole Otranto iv. 64, I am bounden to your charity. 1854 Thackeray Newcomes xvi, Why need we be bounden to others? |
5. esp. in phr. bounden duty. So occas. also discipline, obedience.
(A curious corruption bound and duty is occasionally found.)
| 1530 Palsgr. Ep. Ded. 5 My most bounden duetie to obey. 1559 Bk. Com. Prayer, Commun. Serv., We beseche the to accept this our bounden duty and seruice. 1563 Shute Archit. A ij b, I according to my bound and duety shall pray to God for your long life and prosperous Raygne. 1701 Lond. Gaz. No. 3751/5 Our bounden Duty..to Your Majesty. 1833 H. Martineau Manch. Strike iv. 45 It was his bounden duty to accept the office. 1844 S. R. Maitland Dark Ages Introd. 10 Many more had..departed from their bounden discipline. |
▪ II. † bounden, a.
corruptly for bound ppl. a.1 2.
| 1821 J. Baillie Met. Leg. Colum. xxix, Were bounden for their course. |