All 49 Uses of

bound

in

The Brothers Karamazov

If the realist once believes, then he is bound by his very realism to admit the miraculous also.†
Chpt 1

In this way the elders are endowed in certain cases with unbounded and inexplicable authority.†
Chpt 1 (definition 1)

It must be noted that Alyosha was bound by no obligation and could go where he pleased and be absent for whole days.†
Chpt 1

And so, with a nervous and psychically deranged woman, a sort of convulsion of the whole organism always took place, and was bound to take place, at the moment of bowing down to the sacrament, aroused by the expectation of the miracle of healing and the implicit belief that it would come to pass; and it did come to pass, though only for a moment.†
Chpt 2

In reality this was bound to happen.†
Chpt 2

Now, on the other side, take the Church's own view of crime: is it not bound to renounce the present almost pagan attitude, and to change from a mechanical cutting off of its tainted member for the preservation of society, as at present, into completely and honestly adopting the idea of the regeneration of the man, of his reformation and salvation?"†
Chpt 2

'tis at her beck the grass hath turned Each blade towards the light And solar systems have evolved From chaos and dark night, Filling the realms of boundless space Beyond the sage's sight.†
Chpt 3 (definition 1) *

Any one on the bottom step is bound to go up to the top one.†
Chpt 3

But the pride, the recklessness, the defiance of fate, the unbounded defiance!†
Chpt 3 (definition 1)

But it's bound to be so now….†
Chpt 3

Alyosha took out his handkerchief and bound it tightly round his injured hand.†
Chpt 4

Alyosha unbound his bitten finger.†
Chpt 4 (definition 2) *

When he becomes unhappy with that woman, and that is bound to happen quite soon, let him come to me and he will find a friend, a sister….†
Chpt 4

If you knew, Lise, how bound up in soul I am with him!†
Chpt 5

A man's voice suddenly began singing in a sugary falsetto, accompanying himself on the guitar: With invincible force I am bound to my dear.†
Chpt 5

And so I hasten to give back my entrance ticket, and if I am an honest man I am bound to give it back as soon as possible.†
Chpt 5

In one way and another, he began to betray a boundless vanity, and a wounded vanity, too, and that Ivan disliked.†
Chpt 5 (definition 1)

"I'm bound to admit the fact," Smerdyakov drawled with pedantic composure, "that I have a secret with Fyodor Pavlovitch in this business.†
Chpt 5

His honor is awfully afraid of Dmitri Fyodorovitch, so that even if Agrafena Alexandrovna had come and were locked in with him, and Dmitri Fyodorovitch were to turn up anywhere near at the time, I should be bound to let him know at once, knocking three times.†
Chpt 5

They maintain that the world is getting more and more united, more and more bound together in brotherly community, as it overcomes distance and sets thoughts flying through the air.†
Chpt 6

But Grushenka had succeeded in emancipating herself, while she established in him a boundless belief in her fidelity.†
Chpt 7 (definition 1)

Old Kuzma is the only man I have anything to do with here; I was bound and sold to him; Satan brought us together, but there has been no one else.†
Chpt 7

Folks like us are bound to waste money.†
Chpt 8

I know that you are bound by your office, I quite understand that, but that's my affair, my private, intimate affair, yet …. since I haven't concealed my feelings in the past …. in the tavern, for instance, I've talked to every one, so …. so I won't make a secret of it now.†
Chpt 9

"You may ask any question," the prosecutor replied with frigid severity, "any question relating to the facts of the case, and we are, I repeat, bound to answer every inquiry you make.†
Chpt 9

Now I can see for myself that such confidence is out of the question, for in any case we were bound to come to this cursed stumbling-block.†
Chpt 9

"Very well, this matter is bound to be explained, and there's plenty of time for it, but meantime, consider; we have perhaps a dozen witnesses that you yourself spread it abroad, and even shouted almost everywhere about the three thousand you'd spent here; three thousand, not fifteen hundred.†
Chpt 9

But from the time of the railway incident his behavior in this respect also was changed; he did not allow himself the remotest allusion to the subject and began to speak more respectfully of Dardanelov before his mother, which the sensitive woman at once appreciated with boundless gratitude.†
Chpt 10 (definition 1)

The dog leapt up like a mad creature and rushed bounding before him rapturously.†
Chpt 10 (definition 3)

Ah, you are bound to ask that!†
Chpt 10 *

The dog jumped up and began bounding about in his joy at having done his duty.†
Chpt 10 (definition 3) *

The dog leapt up and bounded about, whining with delight.†
Chpt 10 (definition 2)

No knowledge and unbounded conceit—that's what the German meant to say about the Russian schoolboy."†
Chpt 10 (definition 1)

With his suspiciousness and the fury which had been growing in him all those days, he was bound to get into the house by means of those taps.†
Chpt 11

He was conscious of unbounded resolution; he would make an end of the wavering that had so tortured him of late.†
Chpt 11 (definition 1)

But common sense—oh, a most unhappy trait in my character—kept me in due bounds and I let the moment pass!†
Chpt 11 (definition 1)

Why am I, of all creatures in the world, doomed to be cursed by all decent people and even to be kicked, for if I put on mortal form I am bound to take such consequences sometimes?†
Chpt 11

You'd better open," cried the visitor; "it's your brother Alyosha with the most interesting and surprising news, I'll be bound!"†
Chpt 11

I tried to conquer him by my love—a love that knew no bounds.†
Chpt 12 (definition 1)

And knowing that he had already deceived her (he had deceived her, believing that she was bound to endure everything from him, even treachery), she intentionally offered him three thousand roubles, and clearly, too clearly, let him understand that she was offering him money to deceive her.†
Chpt 12

But as this attack of Smerdyakov's was bound to throw the household into confusion, Dmitri Karamazov could never have agreed to such a plan.†
Chpt 12

'He snatched up the pestle,' they say, and you will remember how a whole edifice of psychology was built on that pestle—why he was bound to look at that pestle as a weapon, to snatch it up, and so on, and so on.†
Chpt 12

And it is bound to seem so to him: the intervals of two hours of sleep he does not remember, he only remembers the moments of waking, so he feels he has been waked up all night.†
Chpt 12

The conventional answer to this question is: 'He begot you, and you are his flesh and blood, and therefore you are bound to love him.'†
Chpt 12

Why am I bound to love him simply for begetting me when he has cared nothing for me all my life after?'†
Chpt 12

At this the President intervened and checked the over-zealous speaker, begging him not to exaggerate, not to overstep the bounds, and so on, as presidents always do in such cases.†
Chpt 12 (definition 1)

"The devil's bound to have a hand in it.†
Chpt 12

One way or another he is bound to come to it.†
Chpt Epil.

And they won't let her go to him, so he is bound to escape.†
Chpt Epil.

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(1) (bound as in: out of bounds)
a boundary or limit

(2) (bound as in: bound together or bound by law)
constrained and/or held together or wrapped
The sense of constrained, can mean tied up or obligated depending upon the context. For example:
- "Her wrists were bound." -- tied up
- "I am bound by my word." -- required or obligated (in this case to keep a promise)
- "He is muscle bound." -- prevented from moving easily (due to having such large, tight muscles)
The exact meaning of the senses of held together or wrapped also depend upon context. For example:
- "The pages of the book are bound with glue." -- held together physically
- "The book is bound in leather." -- wrapped or covered
- "The United States and England are bound together by a common language." -- connected or united (tied together, figuratively)
- "She cleaned the wound and bound it with fresh bandages." -- wrapped
- "She is wheelchair-bound." -- connected (moves with a wheelchair because she is unable to walk)
- "The jacket has bound buttonholes." -- edges wrapped by fabric or trim rather than stitches

(3) (bound as in: The deer bound across the trail.)
to leap or jump

(bound as in: south-bound lanes)
traveling in a particular direction or to a specific location

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