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Bound up in

Bound \Bound\, p. p. & a.

  1. Restrained by a hand, rope, chain, fetters, or the like.

  2. Inclosed in a binding or cover; as, a bound volume.

  3. Under legal or moral restraint or obligation.

  4. Constrained or compelled; destined; certain; -- followed by the infinitive; as, he is bound to succeed; he is bound to fail.

  5. Resolved; as, I am bound to do it. [Collog. U. S.]

  6. Constipated; costive.

    Note: 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.