Liberal Dictionary English Dictionary
boun [boun, boon] ExamplesWord Origin verb (used with or without object) Archaic.
- to prepare; make ready.
Origin of boun Middle English; see bound4 Examples from the Web for boun Historical Examples of boun
He prayed for us, Massa and Missus, that we might be “boun’ up in de belly-band of faith.”
Various
I’m a-gwine ter gi’ you a frailin’ dat I boun’ you won’t forgit.’
Various
It’s boun’ to get a man—the big, white country is—if he stays too long from his kind.
James B. Hendryx
“And it’s boun’ to’rd Whittlecup, I declare,” added Mrs. Ogden.
Philip Gilbert Hamerton
“Joe Duplan boun’ to have his joke, him,” said Sylveste, smiling uneasily.
Kate Chopin