Synonyms for bounden


Grammar : Adj
Spell : boun-duh n
Phonetic Transcription : ˈbaʊn dən


Définition of bounden

  • adj obliged
Example sentences :
  • Ay, and that it's my bounden duty to wait for him to any hour he pleases.
  • Extract from : « The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. I (of II) » by Charles James Lever
  • "And we is only a-doing our bounden dooties," said one of the bailiffs.
  • Extract from : « Framley Parsonage » by Anthony Trollope
  • If she would not listen to the appeal, at least he would have done his bounden duty.
  • Extract from : « What's-His-Name » by George Barr McCutcheon
  • We then felt it to be our bounden duty to ask her to withdraw from the club.
  • Extract from : « Betty Vivian » by L. T. Meade
  • It certainly is our bounden duty to keep him away from Aunt Sophia.
  • Extract from : « Girls of the Forest » by L. T. Meade
  • For if they be not so now, it is our bounden duty to endeavour that they shall be so.
  • Extract from : « The Expositor's Bible: The Epistles of St. Peter » by J. Rawson Lumby
  • "As for you, Alan, it was no more than your bounden duty," she said.
  • Extract from : « Kidnapped » by Robert Louis Stevenson
  • Beloved, if God so loved us, we also are bounden to love one another.
  • Extract from : « Expositor's Bible: The Epistles of St. John » by William Alexander
  • The former may be quite wrong; the latter is our bounden duty.
  • Extract from : « The Great Commission » by C. H. (Charles Henry) Mackintosh
  • I not only urge you,' was my reply, 'but I consider it your bounden duty to accept it.'
  • Extract from : « Michael Faraday » by J. H. Gladstone

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