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embound, imbound, v. poet. arch.|ɛm-, ɪmˈbaʊnd| [f. en-, in- + bound n.] trans. To set bounds to; to confine, contain, hem in. Hence emˈbounded ppl. a.
1595Shakes. John iv. iii. 137 That sweete breath Which was embounded in this beauteous clay. 1633P. Fletcher Woman's Lightness, But never bonds a woman might embound. 1812W. Tennant Anster F. i. xxii, To..sleep imbounded by his boisterous arms. 1855–9Singleton Virgil II. 16 The voice th' imbounded shores Volley along. |