BOUND (2)

bound (2). Bound, pa. pass. of to bind; a. destined, going to

---

Bound, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bounded; p. pr. & vb. n. Bounding.] 1. 1. To limit; to terminate; to fix the furthest point of extension of; — said of natural or of moral objects; to lie along, or form, a boundary of; to inclose; to circumscribe; to restrain; to confine.
Where full measure only bounds excess. Milton. Phlegethon . . . Whose fiery flood the burning empire bounds. Dryden. 2. 2. To name the boundaries of; as, to bound France.