释义 |
reconˈfine, v. [re- 5 a. Cf. F. reconfiner (Cotgr.).] trans. To confine again; † to define or limit the sense of (a word).
1611Cotgr., Reconfiner, to reconfine, or banish anew. a1661Fuller Worthies, Shropshire iii. (1662) 3 Confessors:—This County afforded none, as the word is reconfined in our Preface. But if it be a little enlarged [etc.]. a1711Ken Anodynes Poet. Wks. 1721 III. 446 My Conscience with thy Voice conspires, To reconfine my loose Desires. |