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BOUNDEN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bounden mean? 

BOUNDEN (adjective)
  The adjective BOUNDEN has 1 sense:

1. morally obligatoryplay

  Familiarity information: BOUNDEN used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BOUNDEN (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Morally obligatory

Context example:

my bounden duty

Similar:

obligatory (morally or legally constraining or binding)


 Context examples 


Ned, being in college, of course put on all the airs which freshmen think it their bounden duty to assume.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)



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