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Bounden
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828
Part of speech: participle (p.)
1. Bound; fastened by bonds. [Obs.]
2. Under obligation; bound by some favor rendered; obliged; beholden. This holy word, that teacheth us truly our bounden duty toward our Lord God in every point. Ridley.
3. Made obligatory; imposed as a duty; binding. I am much bounden to your majesty. Shak.