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  • 11bound — n *limit, confine, end, term Analogous words: *border, verge, edge bound adj Bound, bond, indentured, articled are comparable when they mean obliged to serve a master or in a clearly defined capacity for a certain number of years by the terms of… …

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  • 12Bound — Données clés Réalisation Andy et Larry Wachowski Scénario Andy et Larry Wachowski Acteurs principaux Gina Gershon Jennifer Tilly Joe Pantoliano Sociétés de production Dino De Laurentiis Company …

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  • 13Bound — Bound, v. t. 1. To make to bound or leap; as, to bound a horse. [R.] Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To cause to rebound; to throw so that it will rebound; as, to bound a ball on the floor. [Collog.] [1913 Webster] …

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  • 14bound — [adj] obligated; destined apprenticed, articled, bent, bounden, certain, coerced, compelled, constrained, contracted, doomed, driven, duty bound, enslaved, fated, firm, forced, having no alternative, impelled, indentured, intent, made,… …

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  • 15Bound — Bound, a. [Past p. of OE. bounen to prepare, fr. boun ready, prepared, fr. Icel. b[=u]inn, p. p. of b[=u]a to dwell, prepare; akin to E. boor and bower. See {Bond}, a., and cf. {Busk}, v.] Ready or intending to go; on the way toward; going; with… …

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  • 16Bound — Bound, n. 1. A leap; an elastic spring; a jump. [1913 Webster] A bound of graceful hardihood. Wordsworth. [1913 Webster] 2. Rebound; as, the bound of a ball. Johnson. [1913 Webster] 3. (Dancing) Spring from one foot to the other. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 17-bound — (of a book) having a specified binding. → bound bound restricted or confined to or by a place or situation: → bound …

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  • 18bound|ed — «BOWN dihd», adjective. Mathematics. 1. (of a function) having both an upper bound and a lower bound, always less than some fixed number and also greater than some fixed number. 2. contained within some fixed closed curve. –bound´ed|ness, noun …

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  • 19Bound — Bound, v. i. [F. bondir to leap, OF. bondir, bundir, to leap, resound, fr. L. bombitare to buzz, hum, fr. bombus a humming, buzzing. See {Bomb}.] [1913 Webster] 1. To move with a sudden spring or leap, or with a succession of springs or leaps; as …

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  • 20Bound — (bound), n. [OE. bounde, bunne, OF. bonne, bonde, bodne, F. borne, fr. LL. bodina, bodena, bonna; prob. of Celtic origin; cf. Arm. bonn boundary, limit, and boden, bod, a tuft or cluster of trees, by which a boundary or limit could be marked. Cf …

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