imbound

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verb

To enclose in limits; to shut in.

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Meanings

verbimbound (third-person singular simple present imbounds, present participle imbounding, simple past and past participle imbounded)

present singular third person imbounds · participle present imbounding · participle past imbounded · past imbounded

  1. archaicTo enclose in limits; to shut in.

    Be guilty of the stealing that sweet breath Which was imbounded in this beauteous clay

    c. 1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Iohn”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iii]

    Synonyms: embound

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo enclose in limits; to shut in.

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embound

Origin

From im- + bound.

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APA

imbound. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/imbound

MLA

“imbound.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/imbound. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “imbound,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/imbound.

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