Bound by a solemn promise or engagement, esp. of marriage; engaged, betrothed.

That has taken or is bound by an oath.

Of a person: bound by a pledge; engaged; betrothed.

Engaged, covenanted, pledged. archaic or Obsolete.

Sworn, bound by oath.

Chiefly Law. Sworn to leave a place permanently. Cf. abjuration, n. 1. Now historical.

Bound to (also unto) a person or thing, esp. by allegiance or devotion. Obsolete.

Pledged. Obsolete. rare.

(in senses 1 2); in quot. 1689, having taken the test-oaths.

= engaged, adj.

Plighted, pledged. Obsolete.

? Bound by a soldier's oath (with secondary allusion to sense A. 1). poetic.

Pledged, bound by promise.

Chiefly in predicative use. That has given a commitment or undertaking, either explicitly or by implication; that is under an obligation; pledged or…

Bound by one's word or promise. Obsolete. rare.

figurative. United, joined; restrained, confined, etc.: see tie, v. 4, 5.