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confine

[ kuhn-fahyn kon-fahyn ]

verb (used with object)

confined, confining.
  1. to enclose within bounds; limit or restrict:

    She confined her remarks to errors in the report. Confine your efforts to finishing the book.

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  2. to shut or keep in; prevent from leaving a place because of imprisonment, illness, discipline, etc.:

    For that offense he was confined to quarters for 30 days.

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noun

  1. Usually confines. a boundary or bound; limit; border; frontier.
  2. Often confines. region; territory.
  3. Archaic. confinement.
  4. Obsolete. a place of confinement; prison.

confine

verb

  1. to keep or close within bounds; limit; restrict
  2. to keep shut in; restrict the free movement of

    arthritis confined him to bed

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. often plural a limit; boundary
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈDzԴھԱ, adjective
  • DzˈھԲ, adjective
  • DzˈھԱ, noun
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Other yvlog Forms

  • Dz·ھa· Dz·ھԱa· adjective
  • Dz·ھԱl adjective
  • Dz·ھİ noun
  • ԴDzcDz·ھiԲ adjective
  • cDz·ھԱ verb (used with object) preconfined preconfining
  • ܲȴ-Dz·ھiԲ adjective
  • cDz·ھԱ verb (used with object) reconfined reconfining
  • -Dz·ھiԲ adjective
  • unDz·ھa· adjective
  • ܲcDz·ھiԲ adjective
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of confine1

1350–1400 for noun; 1515–25 for v.; (noun) Middle English < Middle French confins, confines < Medieval Latin confinia, plural of Latin confinis boundary, border ( con-, fine 2 ); (v.) < Middle French confiner, verbal derivative of confins < Latin, as above
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of confine1

C16: from Medieval Latin DzԴī from Latin DzԴīԾ adjacent, from īԾ end, boundary
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But Guiraudie has never exactly been interested in working within the confines of reality.

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The song also reads like an allegory for a young Mexican American woman who is caught between two cultures, struggling with the confining nature of being enough for both sides of her identity.

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Mr Campos believes the idea of a black hole of rights in El Salvador applies beyond the confines of the Cecot – to the nation as a whole.

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“No longer are we confined to ‘kitchen, children and church,’ and we must see to it that these avenues are kept forever open for American women.”

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To this day, Allen remains confined to a wheelchair paralysed below his upper chest.

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