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单词 confine
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† confinen.1

Forms: Always plural confines; also 1500s confins, confinies.
Etymology: < Latin confīnis, confīnem, neighbour, noun use of confīnis adjective: see confine adj.
Obsolete.
plural. The inhabitants of adjacent regions, neighbours.
ΘΚΠ
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > type of inhabitant generally > [noun] > neighbour
nexteOE
neighboureOE
neighbouressa1425
promea1425
confines1531
door-neighbour1562
confiner1599
by-dweller1611
by-inhabitanta1657
Mrs Next-Door1855
nigh-dweller1867
1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour i. xx. sig. Kviii I haue diuers confins & neighbours.
?c1550 tr. P. Vergil Eng. Hist. (1846) I. 191 They became terrible to there confines.
1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde iii. i. f. 89 Exchangynge golde for housholde stuffe with theyr confines whiche sumewhat esteeme the same.
1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. ii. ii. 420 If we talke but with our neere confines.
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confinen.2

/ˈkɒnfʌɪn/
Forms: Mostly in plural confines. Also Middle English confynye, 1500s confyne, plural confins.
Etymology: < French plural confins (in 14th cent. also confines ) = Italian confini , -e , Spanish confines , medieval Latin confīnēs bounds, in Latin confīnia bounds, plural of confīnium , and of confīne neuter of confīnis , confine adj. In Shakespeare the plural is ˈconfines in senses 1, 2; the singular is always conˈfine, but this usually in the sense ‘confinement’ or ‘place of confinement’ (a sense also possible in the few instances of plural conˈfines); in this sense the noun may be viewed as formed by conversion from the verb.
I. Something that bounds or limits.
1.
a. plural. Boundaries, bounds, frontiers, borders; the bordering or bounding regions, borderlands.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > edge, border, or margin > [noun] > part near the edges or borders
sidec1300
suburbc1384
confines1548
skirt1566
purlieus1577
outskirta1599
selvage1650
skirting1764
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > a land or country > part of country or district > [noun] > border district(s)
end-landc1175
marcha1325
bounds1340
coast1377
marcherc1475
border1489
marchland1536
confines1548
front1589
limitrophe1589
commark1612
land-march1614
frontier1676
Border-sidea1700
borderland1813
border-countryc1885
rimland1942
1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VI clxxjv Which..animated ye Scottes to make Rodes and Incursions, into the confines and marches of the Realme.
1555 R. Eden in tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde Pref. sig. aiiij Thextreme confines of Egypte.
1597 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet iii. i. 6 When hee comes into the confines of a tauerne. View more context for this quotation
1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §399 The confines of the River Niger..are well watered.
1694 R. Molesworth Acct. Denmark in 1692 (ed. 3) 34 The Elbe which is rather to be esteemed one of the Confines and Boundaries of his Territories.
1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson i. x. 100 We had..arrived in the confines of the southern Ocean.
1848 H. H. Wilson Hist. Brit. India 1805–35 III. iv. 160 As far as the western confines of China.
in extended use.1787 ‘G. Gambado’ Acad. Horsemen 15 The flap of your saddle..chafing you between the confines of the boots and breeches.
†b. Formerly in singular. Bounding line or surface.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > edge, border, or margin > boundary > [noun] > bounding line or surface
confine1552
1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Confyne or bordoure, Confinium.
1599 in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (new ed.) II. i. 206 Which is the beginning and confine of the state and realme of Serifo the king of Mecca.
1610 Bible (Douay) II. Ezek. xlvii. 20 The great sea from the confine directly, til thou come to Emath.
1675 I. Newton in D. Brewster Life I. Newton (1831) vi. 133 I thought light was reflected..by the same confine or superficies of the ethereal medium which refracts it.
1715 G. Cheyne Philos. Princ. Relig. (ed. 2) i. ii. 81 In the confine of Air and Sal-Gem [reflexion] 'tis stronger than in the confine of Air and Water.
†2. Region, territory. Rarely in singular. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > [noun] > defined or limited portion of space > a particular extent or region
coastc1320
confinec1400
quarterc1400
region?1537
leet1567
demesne1597
floor1626
area1700
department1832
parallel1887
c1400 Mandeville Trav. (1839) xvii. 183 Fro Jerusalem unto other confynyes of the superficialtee of the erthe beȝonde.
1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III iv. iv. 3 Here in these confines slilie haue I lurkt. View more context for this quotation
a1616 W. Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1623) iii. i. 275.
a1657 G. Daniel Poems (1878) I. 24 Free, as Musæus, & ye clearest Heads Of that blest confine.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ii. 395 Neerer our ancient Seat; perhaps in view Of those bright confines . View more context for this quotation
1670 C. Cotton tr. G. Girard Hist. Life Duke of Espernon i. ii. 55.
3. figurative.
a. plural. The limits or bounds within which any subject, notion, or action, is confined.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restriction or limitation > [noun]
limiting1391
moderation1429
bridlingc1443
limitation1483
confine1548
restriction1554
limit1572
prescription1604
bounding1607
circumscriptiona1616
stricture1649
stinting1656
circumscribing1660
contractiona1670
confinement1678
contracting1692
handcuff1814
society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restriction or limitation > [noun] > a) restriction(s)
bandc1175
conditionc1380
restrictiona1450
within one's tether?1523
confine1548
confinement1649
ball and chain1855
control1920
the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being special or restricted in application > quality of being restricted or limited > [noun] > limit
markOE
measurea1375
bound1393
sizec1420
banka1425
limita1425
limitationa1475
stint1509
within one's tether?1523
confine1548
tropic?1594
scantling1597
gauge1600
mound1605
boundalsa1670
meta1838
parameter1967
1548 in J. Strype Eccl. Memorials (1721) II. App. R. 62 Princes have less confines to their wills.
1611 C. Tourneur Atheist's Trag. (new ed.) iii. sig. G3 Within the confines of humanitie.
1677 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. IV iv. 244 Doth not the very nature of a Definition exclude the Deitie from its confines?
1865 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend II. iii. vi. 45 Beyond the confines of geography.
b. plural. The borders or ‘borderland’ between two regions of thought, classes of notions, portions of time, etc.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being special or restricted in application > quality of being restricted or limited > [noun] > limit > border between two regions of thought, etc.
confine1603
confiniuma1682
1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 1328 Natures neuter and meane..situate in the confines betweene gods and men.
1696 R. Bentley Of Revel. & Messias 16 The narrow dubious confines between Virtue and Vice.
1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis vii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 417 Betwixt the Confines of the Night and Day.
1810 R. Southey Curse of Kehama xx. 217 Just on the confines of the day.
1854 D. Brewster More Worlds ix. 146 Our author finds himself on the confines of a mystery.
singular.1722 W. Wollaston Relig. of Nature ii. 37 It is no more a happiness, than it is an unhappiness; upon the confine of both, but neither.
II. An act or place of confinement. /kənˈfaɪn/
4. Confinement; limitation. poetic.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being special or restricted in application > quality of being restricted or limited > [noun] > restriction or limitation
definitionc1386
limiting1391
moderation1429
limitation1483
restriction1554
restraint1566
limit1572
stint1593
prescription1604
stintance1605
bounding1607
confining1608
confine1609
circumscriptiona1616
definement1643
stricture1649
stinting1656
circumscribing1660
contractiona1670
confinement1678
contracting1692
narrowing1871
1609 W. Shakespeare Louers Complaint in Sonnets sig. Lv Vowe, bond, nor space In thee [love] hath neither sting, knot, nor confine.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) i. ii. 27 I would not, my vnhoused free condition, Put into circumscription and confine . View more context for this quotation
1787 R. Burns Poems (new ed.) 204 Think on the dungeon's grim confine.
1797 T. J. Mathias Pursuits of Lit.: Pt. IV 22 Such is the Poet: bold, without confine, Imagination's ‘charter'd libertine’.
1875 R. Browning Inn Album i. 1 Each stanza seems to gather skirts around, And primly, trimly, keep the foot's confine.
†5. A place of confinement, confining or enclosing place; enclosure. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > enclosing or enclosure > enclosing or confining > [noun] > place of enclosure or confinement
pounda1500
confine1603
seraglioa1660
society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restraint depriving of liberty > confinement > [noun] > place of confinement
lockOE
prisona1200
jailc1400
pinfoldc1400
mewa1425
pounda1500
coop1579
confine1603
stockade1865
monkey house1910
1603 W. Shakespeare Hamlet i. i. 136 At his [sc. the cock's] sound,..The strauagant and erring spirite hies To his confines.
1609 W. Shakespeare Sonnets lxxxiv. sig. F2 In whose confine immured is the store, Which should example where your equall grew. View more context for this quotation
a1616 W. Shakespeare Hamlet (1623) ii. ii. 248 A goodly one, in which there are many Confines, Wards, and Dungeons.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) iv. i. 121.
1633 P. Fletcher Purple Island ii. xix. 21 Sends back again to what confine it listeth.
1650 T. Bayly Herba Parietis 124 Virtues..temple as it is a thorow-fare to honours, I like fullwell; but as it is a confine, I like the seat no more than if he had sate me upon the stoole of sad repentance.
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† confineadj.

Etymology: < French confin, -fine bordering, neighbouring (= Italian confino, -fine) < Latin confīnis bordering, adjoining, having mutual bounds, < con- together + fīnis end, limit, boundary.
Obsolete.
Neighbouring, adjacent.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > distance > nearness > [adjective] > neighbouring
neighbourc1485
vicinea1513
voisin1527
approaching1533
confine1579
neighbouring1595
fellow-borderinga1628
next door1739
vicinal1739
downstreet1828
1579 J. Stubbs Discouerie Gaping Gulf sig. Dviij Great with another confine gouernment.
a1640 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy (1651) i. iii. iii. 209 To discover the Streights of Magellan, and Confine places.
1653 T. Urquhart tr. F. Rabelais 1st Bk. Wks. l. 221 The Armorick islands, and confine regions of Britanie.
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confinev.

Brit. /kənˈfʌɪn/, U.S. /kənˈfaɪn/
Etymology: < French confiner in same senses (15th cent. in Littré), < Italian confinare to border upon, bound, limit, set limits to, banish, limit and confine to a place; < confino , confine bordering, bounding < Latin confīnis bordering: see confine n.2 (Compare Provençal confinar, Spanish confinar, medieval Latin confinare.)
1. intransitive. To have a common boundary or frontier with; to border on, be adjacent to. (Said of regions or countries, and of their inhabitants.) Now rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > distance > nearness > be near [verb (intransitive)] > be in contact > have same boundary
marchc1330
abut1399
coastc1400
adjoin?1523
confine1523
marchese1525
abuttal1545
touch1567
confront1601
conterminate1637
1523 in State Papers Henry VIII (1849) VI. 119 His Countie of Ferrato, whiche dothe confyne in some partes with the Swices.
1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 252b The princes which confine vppon that sea.
1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 14 The countries which confine there together.
a1645 J. Philipot Villare Cantianum (1659) 136 The Woods..confining to Shooter's Hill.
1694 R. Molesworth Acct. Denmark in 1692 (ed. 3) 182 The Duke of Holstein..mentioned last of those Princes that confine with Denmark.
1700 J. Dryden tr. Ovid Twelfth Bk. Metamorphoses in Fables 422 Betwixt Heav'n, Earth and Skies; there stands a Place, Confining on all three.
1840 Blackwood's Mag. 48 392 The frontier line of the Persian empire ‘marched’ or confined with the Grecian.
figurative.1647 T. Fuller Good Thoughts in Worse Times v. viii. 213 This active Plant (with visible motion) doth border and confine on Sensible Creatures.1784 Dangerous Connections I. vii Abuse or evil always unhappily confining too nearly on good.1880 Seeley in Macmillan's Mag. Nov. 43 The periods in which the domain of history confines with that of politics.
†2.
a. transitive. To border on, bound. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > edge, border, or margin > boundary > bound or form boundary of [verb (transitive)]
terminate?a1425
border1570
limit1578
frontier1599
lista1600
bound1601
confine1601
bounder1636
verge1817
delimit1879
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 119 [Cappadocia] passeth by..All those nations in Asia before-named, confining many others.
1607 J. Norden Surueyors Dialogue 19 Kent..and other Shires confining the Sea.
1694 R. Molesworth Acct. Denmark in 1692 (ed. 3) 6 A State which is confined by many Principalities is weak, exposed to many dangers.
†b. To separate as a boundary. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > edge, border, or margin > boundary > bound or form boundary of [verb (transitive)] > separate by or as a boundary
divide1382
disterminate1599
confine1601
disbound1621
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 54 The mountaines Pyrenæi do confine Spaine and France one from the other.
†3. To relegate to certain limits; to banish.
ΘΚΠ
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabiting temporarily > exile or state of > exile [verb (transitive)]
flemeOE
forbana1250
exilec1330
forbanishc1450
banish1485
expel1490
exulate1535
vanquishc1540
relegate1561
extirpate1566
exul1568
seclude1572
confine1577
bandon1592
dispossess1600
vent1609
expose1632
deporta1641
disterr1645
transport1666
releage1691
expatriate1817
the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > be on the outside of [verb (transitive)] > keep or shut out
loukc1275
speara1300
beshutc1330
forbarc1330
warn?a1366
to close outa1382
to shut outc1384
steeka1393
again-louka1400
to keep outc1425
outshutc1450
seclude1498
to stop outc1530
to hedge out1549
confine1577
to hold out1583
out-bar1590
debar1593
excommunicate1602
expel1604
immurec1616
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > causing to go away > command to go away [verb (transitive)] > send away or dismiss > peremptorily > from a place or person
exilec1400
confine1577
discard1652
sin-bin1983
1577 R. Holinshed Hist. Scotl. 355/1 in Chron. I Confining them for euer out of all the parties of his dominions.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) ii. i. 196 So haue we thought it good From our free person, she should be confinde . View more context for this quotation
1624 T. Heywood Γυναικεῖον iv. 207 Alcippus intended to abrogate..their lawes, for which he was confind from Sparta.
1637 T. Heywood Royall King K ij Life..which as your gift I'le Keepe, till Heaven and Nature Confine it hence.
1653 H. Holcroft tr. Procopius Gothick Warre i. 5 in tr. Procopius Hist. Warres Justinian Shee..confined them single, and far asunder, to the remotest parts of Italy.
4.
a. To shut up, imprison, immure, put or keep in detention. Const. in (formerly, transitional from 3, †into).
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restraint depriving of liberty > confinement > confine [verb (transitive)]
beloukOE
loukOE
sparc1175
pena1200
bepen?c1225
pind?c1225
prison?c1225
spearc1300
stopc1315
restraina1325
aclosec1350
forbara1375
reclosea1382
ward1390
enclose1393
locka1400
reclusea1400
pinc1400
sparc1430
hamperc1440
umbecastc1440
murea1450
penda1450
mew?c1450
to shut inc1460
encharter1484
to shut up1490
bara1500
hedge1549
hema1552
impound1562
strain1566
chamber1568
to lock up1568
coop1570
incarcerate1575
cage1577
mew1581
kennel1582
coop1583
encagea1586
pound1589
imprisonc1595
encloister1596
button1598
immure1598
seclude1598
uplock1600
stow1602
confine1603
jail1604
hearse1608
bail1609
hasp1620
cub1621
secure1621
incarcera1653
fasten1658
to keep up1673
nun1753
mope1765
quarantine1804
peg1824
penfold1851
encoop1867
oubliette1884
jigger1887
corral1890
maroon1904
to bang up1950
to lock down1971
1603 W. Shakespeare Hamlet i. v. 11 Doomd for a time To walke the night, and all the day Confinde in flaming fire.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) i. ii. 275 She did confine thee..Into a clouen Pyne. View more context for this quotation
a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) i. ii. 363 Therefore wast thou Deseruedly confin'd into this Rocke. View more context for this quotation
1620 Horæ Subseciuæ 293 Hee confined his onely Grand-sonne Agrippa Posthumus into the Iland Planasia.
1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iv, in tr. Virgil Wks. 127 Confine the Tyrant. View more context for this quotation
1795 Gentleman's Mag. 61 i. 247 Boats were plying in the principal streets to relieve families that were confined in their upper apartments.
1836 F. Marryat Three Cutters iv, in Pirate & Three Cutters 275 The three English Seamen were..confined below.
1836 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz 1st Ser. I. 121 In one of which..prisoners of the more respectable class are confined.
b. To enclose or retain within limits; to fasten, secure, keep in place.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > enclosing or enclosure > enclosing or confining > enclose or confine [verb (transitive)]
pena1200
bebar?c1225
loukc1275
beshuta1300
parc1300
to shut in1398
to close inc1400
parrockc1400
pinc1400
steekc1400
lock?a1425
includec1425
key?a1439
spare?c1450
enferme1481
terminea1500
bebay1511
imprisona1533
besetc1534
hema1552
ram1567
warda1586
closet1589
pound1589
seclude1598
confine1600
i-pend1600
uptie1600
pinfold1605
boundify1606
incoop1608
to round in1609
ring1613
to buckle ina1616
embounda1616
swathe1624
hain1636
coopa1660
to sheathe up1661
stivea1722
cloister1723
span1844
1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 i. i. 154 Now let not Natures hand Keepe the wild floud confind . View more context for this quotation
a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) v. vii. 47 Within me is a hell, and there the poyson Is, as a fiend, confin'd to tyrannize. View more context for this quotation
?1624 G. Chapman tr. Hymn to Venus in tr. Crowne Homers Wks. 89 All the Belluine; That or the Earth feedes, or the Seas confine.
1748 T. Smollett Roderick Random I. xx. 168 His body was so sore and swelled that he could not bear to be confined in his wearing apparel.
1793 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse (ed. 2) §51 Iron stanchions..let into the rock by way of confining the kant in its place.
1853 C. Reade Christie Johnstone 27 They had cotton jackets..confined at the waist by the apron-strings.
1872 E. Peacock Mabel Heron I. x. 174 To confine its waters within high banks.
5. To keep or restrain (a person) within his dwelling, etc.; to oblige to stay indoors, or in one's room or bed. Said of ill health, stress of weather, etc.; usually in passive. Const. to.
ΘΚΠ
society > travel > [verb (transitive)] > delay or confine due to bad weather
confine1634
snow1816
snow1887
society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > retirement or seclusion > seclude [verb (transitive)] > confine
cloister1581
seclude1598
confine1634
maroon1904
1634 W. Tirwhyt tr. J. L. G. de Balzac Lett. 396 Were I not confined to my bed.
1688 S. Penton Guardian's Instr. 2 I am confin'd by a great uneasiness contracted by a Cold.
1708 J. Swift Elegy on Partridge He grew ill, was confined first to his chamber, and in a few hours after to his bed.
1722 D. Defoe Jrnl. Plague Year 95 Tho' I confin'd my Family, I could not..stay within entirely my self.
1734 G. Berkeley Let. 19 Feb. in Wks. (1871) IV. 214 I have been confined three weeks by gout.
1870 E. Peacock Ralf Skirlaugh II. 137 A rainy day confined him to the house.
6. to be confined: to be in childbed; to be brought to bed; to be delivered of (a child). Cf. confinement n. 4.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > source or principle of life > birth > confinement > be confined [verb]
to lie inc1440
to lie downa1500
to bring abed1523
to be confined1772
1772 M. Delany Autobiogr. & Corr. (1862) 2nd Ser. I. 467 I believe Lady Weymouth will be confined in the month of Decr.
1860 J. Wolff Trav. & Adv. I. xii. 396 Here was Lady Georgiana Wolff confined of her first child.
7.
a. figurative. To keep within bounds, limit, restrict.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restriction or limitation > restrict or limit [verb (transitive)]
thringc1250
restrain1384
bound1393
abounda1398
limita1398
pincha1450
pin?a1475
prescribec1485
define1513
coarcta1529
circumscribe1529
restrict1535
conclude1548
limitate1563
stint1567
chamber1568
contract1570
crampern1577
contain1578
finish1587
pound1589
confine1597
terminate1602
noosec1604
border1608
constrain1614
coarctate1624
butta1631
to fasten down1694
crimp1747
bourn1807
to box in1845
the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being special or restricted in application > quality of being restricted or limited > restrict or limit [verb (transitive)]
thringc1250
circumscrivec1374
arta1382
bound1393
limita1398
restrainc1405
pincha1450
restringe1525
coarcta1529
circumscribe1529
restrict1535
conclude1548
narrow?1548
limitate1563
stint1567
chamber1568
contract1570
crampern1577
contain1578
finish1587
conscribe1588
pound1589
confine1597
border1608
circumcise1613
constrain1614
coarctate1624
butta1631
prescribe1688
pin1738
1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. xlii Those extraordinary gifts..made it the harder to hold them confined within private bounds.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) iii. iv. 23 Now I am cabin'd, crib'd, confin'd, bound in To sawcy doubts, and feares. View more context for this quotation
1662 E. Stillingfleet Origines Sacræ ii. vii. §12 Was God's Worship to be confined to his Temple at Jerusalem.
1754–62 D. Hume Hist. Eng. I. xv. 385 On any condition which should confine him in the punishment of these offenders.
1763 J. Brown Diss. Poetry & Music v. §9. 67 When the Melody was most confined in its Compass.
1771 O. Goldsmith Hist. Eng. I. 62 All the learning of the times was confined among the clergy.
1834 T. Medwin Angler in Wales I. 62 [We] pursued our sport, principally confined to the taking of samlets.
1885 E. Clodd Myths & Dreams i. v. 91 Traditions..not confined to the Old world.
b. to confine oneself to: to restrict one's action, attention, etc., to; to keep to.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > restrained or moderate behaviour > make moderate (behaviour) [verb (transitive)] > confine oneself to (some action)
to confine oneself to1649
1649 Bp. J. Hall Resol. & Decisions iii. iv. 257 As a man..apt to be mis-carried by his appetite, confines himself by his vow to one dish.
1680 W. Temple Ess. Cure of Gout in Miscellanea 221 I concluded..if it [sc. the gout] continued, to confine my self wholly to the Milk-dyet.
1747 J. Wesley Primitive Physick p. vi They do not confine themselves altogether to eat either ‘Bread or the Herb of the Field.’
1754 Bp. T. Sherlock Disc. (1759) I. viii. 229 I shall confine myself to St. Paul.
1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 462 Churchill was..directed to confine himself to thanks for what was past.
†c. intransitive for reflexive. Obsolete.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > restrained or moderate behaviour > behave with moderation or restraint [verb (intransitive)] > confine oneself to something
confine1646
the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being special or restricted in application > quality of being restricted or limited > restrict or limit to something [verb (reflexive)]
confine1646
to keep to ——1748
the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being special or restricted in application > quality of being restricted or limited > be restricted or limited [verb (intransitive)] > restrict oneself to
restrain1629
confine1646
1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iv. v. 187 Children..permitted the freedome of both [hands], do oft times confine unto the left. View more context for this quotation
a1682 Sir T. Browne Let. to Friend (1690) 8 To separate from received and customary Felicities, and to confine unto the rigor of Realities.
†8. To bind to, restrain from (an action). Obsolete.
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society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restrain [verb (transitive)] > specifically from doing something
conclude1382
restrain1384
refraina1398
keepa1400
to coart of1430
revokec1450
stop1488
contain1523
retract1548
stay1560
retire1567
straiten1622
confine1651
obligec1661
society > authority > subjection > obedience > compulsion > compel [verb (transitive)] > to perform or adhere to
hold971
tiec1200
exact1564
enforce1647
confine1651
straiten1652
to tie down1692
to nail down1859
1651 Ld. Orrery Parthenissa I. i. i. 36 Having first confin'd him to an inviolable secrecy.
1689 T. Shadwell Bury-Fair v. 211 I have confined you from flying.
1735 W. Ellis London & Country Brewer I. ii. 14 The Maker..is hereby confin'd not to Change his Malt.
9. To restrain (the bowels) from acting, constipate; = bind v. 4.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > excretory disorders > cause excretory disorder [verb (transitive)] > constipation
constipate1541
stop1542
inveterate1574
detain1580
bind1597
restringe1598
confine1870
1870 T. Holmes Syst. Surg. (ed. 2) IV. 831 The patient..should have a dose..in order that the bowels may be confined.
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