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Webster 1913 Edition

Confine

Con-fine′

(kŏn-fīn′)
,
Verb.
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.
Now let not nature’s hand
Keep the wild flood
confined
! let order die!
Shakespeare
He is to
confine
himself to the compass of numbers and the slavery of rhyme.
Dryden.
Syn. – To bound; limit; restrain; imprison; immure; inclose; circumscribe; restrict.

Con′fine

(? or [GREEK]); 277)
,
Verb.
I.
To have a common boundary; to border; to lie contiguous; to touch; – followed by on or with.
[Obs.]
Where your gloomy bounds
Confine
with heaven.
Milton.
Bewixt heaven and earth and skies there stands a place.
Confining
on all three.
Dryden.

Con′fine

,
Noun.
1.
Common boundary; border; limit; – used chiefly in the plural.
Events that came to pass within the
confines
of Judea.
Locke.
And now in little space
The
confines
met of empyrean heaven,
And of this world.
Milton.
On the
confines
of the city and the Temple.
Macaulay.
2.
Apartment; place of restraint; prison.
[Obs.]
Confines
, wards, and dungeons.
Shakespeare
The extravagant and erring spirit hies
To his
confine
.
Shakespeare

Webster 1828 Edition

Confine

CON'FINE

,
Noun.
[L., at the end or border, adjoining; a limit; end, border, limit. See Fine.] Border; edge; exterior part; the part of any territory which is at or near the end or extremity. It is used generally in the plural, and applied chiefly to the countries, territory, cities, rivers, &c. We say, the confines of France, or of Scotland, and figuratively, the confines of light, of death, or the grave; but never, the confines of a book, table or small piece of land.

CON'FINE

,
Adj.
Bordering on; lying on the border; adjacent; having a common boundary.

CON'FINE

,
Verb.
I.
To border on; to touch the limit; to be adjacent or contiguous, as one territory, kingdom or state to another; usually followed by on; sometimes by with. England confines on Scotland. Connecticut confines on Massachusets, New-York, Rhode Island and the sound.

Definition 2025

confiné

confiné

See also: confine

French

Adjective

confiné m ‎(feminine singular confinée, masculine plural confinés, feminine plural confinées)

  1. (of air) stale

Spanish

Verb

confiné

  1. First-person singular (yo) preterite indicative form of confinar.

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