Definition of confine

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Confine (n.) Apartment; place of restraint; prison.

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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..
Incastellated :: Incastellated (a.) Confined or inclosed in a castle.
Azonic :: Azonic (a.) Confined to no zone or region; not local.
Band :: Band (v. t.) A fillet, strap, or any narrow ligament with which a thing is encircled, or fastened, or by which a number of things are tied, bound together, or confined; a fetter..
Fold :: Fold (v. t.) To confine in a fold, as sheep..
Incoercible :: Incoercible (a.) That can note be confined in, or excluded from, vessels, like ordinary fluids, gases, etc.; -- said of the imponderable fluids, heat, light, electricity, etc..
Bar :: Bar (n.) To restrict or confine, as if by a bar; to hinder; to obstruct; to prevent; to prohibit; as, to bar the entrance of evil; distance bars our intercourse; the statute bars my right; the right is barred by time; a release bars the plaintiff's recovery; -- sometimes with up..
Tunic :: Tunic (n.) An under-garment worn by the ancient Romans of both sexes. It was made with or without sleeves, reached to or below the knees, and was confined at the waist by a girdle..
Contain :: Contain (v. t.) To put constraint upon; to restrain; to confine; to keep within bounds.
Loose :: Loose (superl.) Unbound; untied; unsewed; not attached, fastened, fixed, or confined; as, the loose sheets of a book..
Detention :: Detention (n.) Confinement; restraint; custody.
Confiner :: Confiner (n.) One who, or that which, limits or restrains..
Restringe :: Restringe (v. t.) To confine; to contract; to stringe.
Secular :: Secular (n.) A church official whose functions are confined to the vocal department of the choir.
Pound :: Pound (n.) An inclosure, maintained by public authority, in which cattle or other animals are confined when taken in trespassing, or when going at large in violation of law; a pinfold..
Coarctate :: Coarctate (a.) To press together; to crowd; to straiten; to confine closely.
Clinic :: Clinic (n.) One confined to the bed by sickness.
Vent :: Vent (v. t.) To suffer to escape from confinement; to let out; to utter; to pour forth; as, to vent passion or complaint..
Upsitting :: Upsitting (n.) A sitting up of a woman after her confinement, to receive and entertain her friends..
Include :: Include (v. t.) To confine within; to hold; to contain; to shut up; to inclose; as, the shell of a nut includes the kernel; a pearl is included in a shell..
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