v. poet. arch. [f. EN-, IN- + BOUND sb.] trans. To set bounds to; to confine, contain, hem in.

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  Hence Embounded ppl. a.

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1595.  Shaks., John, IV. iii. 137. That sweete breath Which was embounded in this beauteous clay.

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1633.  P. Fletcher, Woman’s Lightness. But never bonds a woman might embound.

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1812.  W. Tennant, Anster Fair, I. xxii. To … sleep imbounded by his boisterous arms.

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1855–9.  Singleton, Virgil, II. 16. The voice th’ imbounded shores Volley along.

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