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bounden

[ boun-duhn ]

adjective

  1. one's bounden duty.

  2. Archaic. under obligation; obliged; beholden.


bounden

/ ˈʊԻə /

adjective

  1. morally obligatory (archaic except in the phrase bounden duty )
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Origin of bounden1

First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English, variant of bound 1
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“There is a bounden duty on the government to provide basic amenities to the citizens of the country.”

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They consider it no less than their bounden duty to bring back a larger fish than last year.

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Yet the penguins, seals, sea-lions, and sea-elephants which contrived to maintain a hold on life in those inhospitable regions represent types of animal life which it was our bounden duty to preserve.

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This prompted 300 other citizens to complain: “We feel it our bounden duty to protest and to express our utter disapprobation of the unexpected and unnecessary violence by which the assembly was dispersed.”

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They are trolling for votes, their bounden duty, and they are fishing in promising waters.

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