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confines con⋅fine
/kənˈfaɪn for 1, 2, 5, 6; ˈkɒnfaɪn for 3, 4/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [kuhn-fahyn for 1, 2, 5, 6; kon-fahyn for 3, 4] Show IPA verb, -fined, -fin⋅ing, noun
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–verb (used with object)
1. to enclose within bounds; limit or restrict: She confined her remarks to errors in the report. Confine your efforts to finishing the book.
2. to shut or keep in; prevent from leaving a place because of imprisonment, illness, discipline, etc.: For that offense he was confined to quarters for 30 days.
–noun
3. Usually, confines. a boundary or bound; limit; border; frontier.
4. Often, confines. region; territory.
5. Archaic. confinement.
6. Obsolete. a place of confinement; prison.
Origin:
1350–1400 for n.; 1515–25 for v.; (n.) ME < MF confins, confines < ML confinia, pl. of L confinis boundary, border (see con-, fine 2 ); (v.) < MF confiner, v. deriv. of confins < L, as above
Related forms:
con⋅fin⋅a⋅ble, con⋅fine⋅a⋅ble, adjective
con⋅fine⋅less, adjective
con⋅fin⋅er, noun
Synonyms:
1. circumscribe.
Antonyms:
1, 2. free.
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