α. see debt n. and bound adj.2
β. see debt n. and bounden adj.1
† debt-boundadj.
Obsolete.
1.
a. Under obligation, bound by duty, obliged.
ΘΚΠ
society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > [adjective] > bound or under obligation
indebted?c1225
boundena1400
owingc1400
debtfulc1425
belast1441
beholdena1450
worthy1469
obligate?a1475
subjectc1480
bound1488
debt-bounda1522
obstrict1527
addicted1535
oughting1567
devinct1573
bounded1586
obliged1596
affineda1616
boundant1654
guilty1700
obligated1740
behoven1880
duty-bound1908
due1913
a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1960) xi. iv. 62 This mysfortoun is myne of ald thirlage, As tharto detbund in my wrachit age.
1553 in tr. S. Gardiner De Vera Obediencia: Oration Transl. to Rdr. sig. A.ivv Al true subiectes were detbounden to defend..and vpholde, the supremacye of the crowne.
1597 T. Morley Plaine & Easie Introd. Musicke 28 I will..acknowledge myself debt bound to him.
1603 in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. i. III. 73 (note) I shall acknowledge myself exceedingly debt-bound to your Excellency.
b. Mortgaged, pledged.
ΚΠ
1541–2 in J. D. Marwick Extracts Rec. Burgh Edinb. 20 Jan. (Jam. Suppl.) The hous..wes detbound to the said Jhone.
2. Of things: Obligatory, due, bounden.
ΘΚΠ
society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > [adjective]
fastOE
faithfula1500
obligatory1502
obligatoriousa1555
astrictivea1575
bounded1586
debt-bound1588
obliged1594
obligative1596
Stygian1608
obligator1609
binding1611
imperative1621
obligant1624
ligatory1625
obliging1638
obstrictive1642
boundant1649
self-binding1685
hard1935
1588 A. King tr. P. Canisius Cathechisme or Schort Instr. 32 And daylie giwe det-bound thankes to the for sua greate benefites.
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