| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| PRONUNCIATION: |  bout |
| NOUN: | 1. A contest between antagonists; a match: a wrestling bout. 2. A period of time spent in a particular way; a spell: “His tremendous bouts of drinking had wrecked his health” (Thomas Wolfe). | | ETYMOLOGY: | From obsolete English bought, a turning (influenced by about), from Middle English, from bowen, to bend, turn. See bow2.
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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