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   Confine (kŏn‑fīnˈ), 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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   confined adj.
   1. having movement restricted to within a certain area; -- usually a building.  Opposite of unconfined. [Narrower terms: claustrophobic; close, confining; homebound, housebound, shut-in; in childbed(prenominal); pent, shut up(predicate); snowbound; weather-bound; stormbound, storm-bound]
   
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   2. deprived of liberty; especially placed under arrest or restraint.
   
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   3. having movement restricted to within an enclosed outdoor area; -- of animals.
   
   Syn. -- fenced in, penned.
   
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   4. (Med.)  not invading healthy tissue.
   
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   5.  held prisoner.
   
   Syn. -- captive, imprisoned, jailed.
   
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   6. having movement or progress restricted to a certain area; as, “an outbreak of the plague confined to one quarter of the city; wildfires confined to within the canyon”.
   
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