Bound, vb., 1) intr. to spring, to leap, to rebound: “he leaps, he neighs, he --s,” Ven. 265. Lucr. 1669. H4A II, 3, 52. H5 III, 7, 13. Troil. I, 3, 41. Rom. I, 4, 21. “these balls b.” All's II, 3, 314. “grief --eth where it falls,” R2 I, 2, 58.
2) trans. to make to leap: “if I might buffet for my love, or b. my horse for her favours,” H5 V, 2, 146.
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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