To be brought to bed of a child (†also const. with); to be ‘confined’. Also figurative.
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释义 | the world > life > source or principle of life > birth > confinement > be confined [verb] (4) to lie inc1440 To be brought to bed of a child (†also const. with); to be ‘confined’. Also figurative. to lie downa1500 To be brought to bed of a child. Obsolete. to bring abed1523 to bring abed: to bring (a woman) to childbirth; to deliver of a child. Also figurative. Usually in passive. Now archaic and rare. to be confined1772 to be confined: to be in childbed; to be brought to bed; to be delivered of (a child). Cf. confinement, n. 4. |
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