BOUND (7)

Bound, p. p. & a. 1. 1. Restrained by a hand, rope, chain, fetters, or the like.
2. 2. Inclosed in a binding or cover; as, a bound volume.
3. 3. Under legal or moral restraint or obligation.
4. 4. Constrained or compelled; destined; certain; — followed by the infinitive; as, he is bound to succeed; he is bound to fail.
5. 5. Resolved; as, I am bound to do it.
6. 6. Constipated; costive.
☞ Used also in composition; as, icebound, windbound, hidebound, etc. Bound bailiff (Eng. Law), a sheriff's officer who serves writs, makes arrests, etc. The sheriff being answerable for the bailiff's misdemeanors, the bailiff is usually under bond for the faithful discharge of his trust. — Bound up in, entirely devoted to; inseparable from.