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English
Etymology
From im- + bound.
Verb
imbound (third-person singular simple present imbounds, present participle imbounding, simple past and past participle imbounded)
- (archaic) To enclose in limits; to shut in.
- Synonym: embound
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 Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :Be guilty of the stealing that sweet breath
Which was imbounded in this beauteous clay
References
“imbound”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.