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confine /konˈfīn/ noun- A border, boundary or limit (generally in pl)
- /kən-fīnˈ/ confinement (archaic)
- A prison (Shakespeare)
transitive verb /kən-fīnˈ/ - To limit, enclose, bound
- To imprison
- To border (obsolete)
- To be adjacent to (obsolete)
ORIGIN: L cōnfīnis bordering, from con- together, and fīnis the end confinˈable adjective confinedˈ adjective - Limited
- Imprisoned
- Narrow, small
confineˈless adjective (Shakespeare) - Without bound
- Unlimited
confineˈment noun - The state of being shut up
- Restraint
- Imprisonment
- The time during which a woman is confined to bed during labour and immediately after giving birth
- Another name for containment (see under contain; nuclear eng)
confinˈer noun confinˈing adjective - Bordering
- Limiting
be confined - To be limited
- To be imprisoned
- (of a woman) to go through the process of childbirth
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