confiner


con·fine

C0561700 (kən-fīn′)tr.v. con·fined, con·fin·ing, con·fines 1. To keep within bounds; restrict: Please confine your remarks to the issues at hand. See Synonyms at limit.2. To shut or keep in, especially to imprison.3. To restrict in movement: The sick child was confined to bed.
[French confiner, from Old French, from confins, boundaries; see confines.]
con·fin′a·ble, con·fine′a·ble adj.con·fin′er n.