confine \confine"\ ko^nfimacn", v. t. imp.  p. p.
   confined; p. pr.  vb. n. confining. f. confiner to
   border upon, ll. confinare to set bounds to; con- + finis
   boundary, end. see final, finish.
   to restrain within limits; to restrict; to limit; to bound;
   to shut up; to inclose; to keep close.
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         now let not nature's hand
         keep the wild flood confined let order die --shak.
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         he is to confine himself to the compass of numbers and
         the slavery of rhyme.                    --dryden.
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   to be confined, to be in childbed.

   syn: to bound; limit; restrain; imprison; immure; inclose;
        circumscribe; restrict.
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see also:
confined confining final finish to be confined