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    con·fine
    [confine]
    verb
    confining (present participle)
    1. keep or restrict someone or something within certain limits of (space, scope, quantity, or time):
      "he does not confine his message to politics" · "you've confined yourself to what you know" · "your boating will mostly be confined to a few hours at weekends"
      • (confine someone to/in)
        restrain or forbid someone from leaving (a place):
        "the troops were confined to their barracks"
      • (be confined to)
        (of a person) be unable to leave (one's bed, home, or a wheelchair) because of illness or disability:
        "he was confined to bed for four days with a bad dose of flu"
      • dated
        (be confined)
        (of a woman) remain in bed for a period before, during, and after the birth of a child:
        "she was confined for nearly a month"
    Origin
    late Middle English (as a noun): from French confins (plural noun), from Latin confinia, from confinis ‘bordering’, from con- ‘together’ + finis ‘end, limit’ (plural fines ‘territory’). The verb senses are from French confiner, based on Latin confinis.
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    verb
    1. keep or restrict someone or something within certain limits of (space, scope, quantity, or time):
      enclose
      incarcerate
      imprison
      intern
      impound
      trap
      keep
      cage
      immure
      hurdle
      encircle
      surround
      ring
      encompass
      hem in
      close in
      kettle
      corral
      gird
      compass
      restrict
      limit
      hold captive
      shut in/up
      pen in/up
      lock in/up
      coop (up)
      box up/in
      mew up
      fence in
      hedge in
      rail in
      wall in/up
      keep within the limits of
      not allow to go beyond
      Opposite:
      release
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