Meanings
adjectiveboun (comparative more boun, superlative most boun)
comparative more boun · superlative most boun
verbboun (third-person singular simple present bouns, present participle bouning, simple past and past participle bouned)
present singular third person bouns · participle present bouning · participle past bouned · past bouned
- ambitransitiveTo make or get ready; prepare.
From Cheviot to the shores of Ross, From Solway-Sands to Marshal's - Moss, All bouned them for the fight
1815, Walter Scott, “(please specify the page)”, in The Lord of the Isles, a Poem, Edinburgh: […] [F]or Archibald Constable and Co. […]; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown; by James Ballantyne and Co., […], →OCLC
Origin
- Old Norsebúinn
- Middle Englishboun
- Englishboun
Inherited from Middle English boun, from Old Norse búinn, past participle of búa (“to prepare”).
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Rhymes with boun
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APA
boun. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/boun
MLA
“boun.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/boun. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “boun,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/boun.
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