boun

[boun, boon]

verb (used with or without object)

Archaic.

1. to prepare; make ready.

Word History and Origins

Origin of boun¹

Middle English; bound ⁴

Example Sentences

Prime Minister Mahammed Boun Abdallah Dionne, who is from the ruling party, told reporters late Sunday that his unofficial results show that Sall had won 57 percent of the vote.

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Further speaking with The Cambodian Daily, the Apsara Authority's deputy director-general Tan Boun Suy noted, "Jayavarman VII’s reign was truly remarkable in terms of social programs."

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She’s playing a character called “Boun T. Hunter.”

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Boun Lovan, who works for a marble installation company, said he fishes for white bass and walleye two or three times a week.

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“Nobody knows de trubble I seen” but “I boun’ to leave dis worl’; Fare you well, dere’s a better day comin’.”

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