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Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2010 8:05 am
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Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2010 2:04 pm
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Posted: Sun Jan 17, 2010 4:28 pm
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Posted: Sun Jan 17, 2010 5:43 pm
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Posted: Mon Jan 18, 2010 9:18 am
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Posted: Mon Jan 18, 2010 9:30 am
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 Use confines in a Sentence See images of confines Search confines on the Web –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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Posted: Mon Jan 18, 2010 9:50 am
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Posted: Wed Feb 17, 2010 7:51 pm
antidisestablishmentarianism?
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Posted: Wed Feb 17, 2010 7:54 pm
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Posted: Thu Feb 18, 2010 11:37 am
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Posted: Thu Feb 18, 2010 4:54 pm
supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!
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