emboundimboundv.
/ɛmˈbaʊnd//ɪmˈbaʊnd/ poetic. archaic.
transitive. To set bounds to; to confine, contain, hem in.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > enclosing or enclosure > enclosing or confining > enclose or confine [verb (transitive)]
pena1200
bebar?c1225
loukc1275
beshuta1300
parc1300
to shut in1398
to close inc1400
parrockc1400
pinc1400
steekc1400
lock?a1425
includec1425
key?a1439
spare?c1450
enferme1481
terminea1500
bebay1511
imprisona1533
besetc1534
hema1552
ram1567
warda1586
closet1589
pound1589
seclude1598
confine1600
i-pend1600
uptie1600
pinfold1605
boundify1606
incoop1608
to round in1609
ring1613
to buckle ina1616
embounda1616
swathe1624
hain1636
coopa1660
to sheathe up1661
stivea1722
cloister1723
span1844
a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) iv. iii. 138 That sweete breath Which was embounded in this beauteous clay. View more context for this quotation
1812 W. Tennant Anster Fair i. xxxii. 16 To..sleep imbounded by his boisterous arms.
Derivatives
emˈbounded adj.
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1859 R. C. Singleton tr. Virgil Aeneid v, in tr. Virgil Wks. II. 16 The voice th' imbounded shores Volley along.
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