Bound"en (?), p.p & a. [Old. p. p. of bind.]
1.
Bound; fastened by bonds.
[Obs.]
2.
Under obligation; bound by some favor rendered; obliged; beholden.
This holy word, that teacheth us truly our bounden duty toward our Lord God in every point.
Ridley.
3.
Made obligatory; imposed as a duty; binding.
I am much bounden to your majesty.
Shak.
© Webster 1913.