Definition of confine

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Confine (n.) Common boundary; border; limit; -- used chiefly in the plural.

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Enlargement :: Enlargement (n.) A setting at large, or being set at large; release from confinement, servitude, or distress; liberty..
Dam :: Dam (n.) A barrier to prevent the flow of a liquid; esp., a bank of earth, or wall of any kind, as of masonry or wood, built across a water course, to confine and keep back flowing water..
Shackle :: Shackle (n.) Something which confines the legs or arms so as to prevent their free motion; specifically, a ring or band inclosing the ankle or wrist, and fastened to a similar shackle on the other leg or arm, or to something else, by a chain or a strap; a gyve; a fetter..
Retrench :: Retrench (v. t.) To confine; to limit; to restrict.
Clausure :: Clausure (n.) The act of shutting up or confining; confinement.
Captive :: Captive (a.) Made prisoner, especially in war; held in bondage or in confinement..
Clinic :: Clinic (n.) One confined to the bed by sickness.
Extravagant :: Extravagant (n.) One who is confined to no general rule.
Special :: Special (a.) Limited in range; confined to a definite field of action, investigation, or discussion; as, a special dictionary of commercial terms; a special branch of study..
Mew :: Mew (v. t.) To shut up; to inclose; to confine, as in a cage or other inclosure..
Cloister :: Cloister (v. t.) To confine in, or as in, a cloister; to seclude from the world; to immure..
Decumbiture :: Decumbiture (n.) Confinement to a sick bed, or time of taking to one's bed from sickness..
Fetter :: Fetter (p. pr. & vb. n.) To restrain from motion; to impose restraints on; to confine; to enchain; as, fettered by obligations..
Restringe :: Restringe (v. t.) To confine; to contract; to stringe.
Upsitting :: Upsitting (n.) A sitting up of a woman after her confinement, to receive and entertain her friends..
Mooring :: Mooring (n.) That which serves to confine a ship to a place, as anchors, cables, bridles, etc..
Lobby :: Lobby (n.) A confined place for cattle, formed by hedges. trees, or other fencing, near the farmyard..
Coarctate :: Coarctate (a.) To restrain; to confine.
Debouch :: Debouch (v. i.) To march out from a wood, defile, or other confined spot, into open ground; to issue..
Suburban :: Suburb (n.) Hence, the confines; the outer part; the environment..
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