All 3 Uses of
bound
in
Pride and Prejudice
- These are the kind of little things which please her ladyship, and it is a sort of attention which I conceive myself peculiarly bound to pay.†
Chpt 14 *
- The possibility of Mr. Collins's fancying herself in love with her friend had once occurred to Elizabeth within the last day or two; but that Charlotte could encourage him seemed almost as far from possibility as she could encourage him herself, and her astonishment was consequently so great as to overcome at first the bounds of decorum, and she could not help crying out: "Engaged to Mr. Collins!†
Chpt 22
- There could not exist in the world two men over whom Mr. Darcy could have such boundless influence.†
Chpt 33 *
Definitions:
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(bound as in: out of bounds) a boundary or limit
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(bound as in: south-bound lanes) traveling in a particular direction or to a specific location