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confine en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈkɑnfaɪn/ (US)
- (Southern-England) audio
- känʹfīn (US)
- /kənˈfaɪn/
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈkɒnfaɪn/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
From Middle French confiner, from confins, from Medieval Latin confines, from Latin confinium, from confīnis.
Meanings
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(in-plural) A boundary or limit.
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(poetic) Confinement, imprisonment.
She says for you to bring her a slice of cake,
A bottle of the best wine,
And not to forget the fair young lady
That did release you from close confine.
a. 1917, anonymous, “Lord Bateman” (folk song) as published in Bertrand Harris Bronson (1959) The Traditional Tunes of the Child Ballads, vol. 1, p. 419
Forms
Deriveds
confineless
Synonyms
bound (limit) · limit (limit) · border (limit)
Translations (15)
nl limiet (limit) · bg граници (limit) · es raya (limit) · ru преде́л (limit) · de Begrenzung (limit) · fi raja (limit) · bg предел (limit) · el όριο (limit) · fr limite (limit) · ko 감금 (limit) · ru грани́ца (limit) · es confín (limit) · ru лими́т (limit) · cmn 界限 (limit) · pt confim (limit)
confine en · VERB
Pronunciation
- kənfīnʹ
- /kənˈfaɪn/
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
From Middle French confiner, from confins, from Medieval Latin confines, from Latin confinium, from confīnis.
Meanings
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(obsolete) To have a common boundary with; to border on.
Where your gloomy bounds / Confine with heaven
1667, John Milton, “Book II”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:Betwixt heaven and earth and skies there stands a place / Confining on all three.
1717, John Dryden, “Book XII”, in Ovid’s Metamorphoses in Fifteen Books. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:‘Why, Sir, to be sure, such parts of Sclavonia as confine with Germany, will borrow German words; and such parts as confine with Tartary will borrow Tartar words.’
1791, James Boswell, Life of Johnson, Oxford, published 2008, page 467:
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(transitive) To restrict (someone or something) to a particular scope or area; to keep in or within certain bounds.
1680, John Dryden, Ovid’s Epistles translated by several hands, London: Jacob Tonson, Preface,
He is to confine himself to the compass of numbers and the slavery of rhyme.
Now let not nature's hand / Keep the wild flood confined! let order die!
c. 1596–1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, […]. Epilogue.”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:Here perhaps one of you might interrupt me and say, 'But what is it that you do, Socrates? How is it that you have been misrepresented like this? Surely all this talk and gossip about you would never have arisen if you had confined yourself to ordinary activities, but only if your behaviour was abnormal. Give us the explanation, if you do not want us to draw our own conclusions.'
1993, Plato, translated by Hugh Tredennick and Harold Tarrant, “Justice and Duty (i): Socrates Speaks at his Trial: the Apology”, in The Last Days of Socrates (Penguin Classics), revised edition, London; New York, N.Y.: Penguin Books, →ISBN, page 41:
Forms
Deriveds
deconfine · confinee · unconfine · confination · confinable · confine oneself · reconfine
Synonyms
incarcerate · hem in · pen
Translations (45)
es encorsetar (to restrict; to keep within bounds) · nl begrenzen (to restrict; to keep within bounds) · vi nhốt (to restrict; to keep within bounds) · el περιορίζω (to restrict; to keep within bounds) · es confinar (to restrict; to keep within bounds) · cs omezit (to restrict; to keep within bounds) · fr confiner (to restrict; to keep within bounds) · fi rajata (to restrict; to keep within bounds) · sv inskränka (to restrict; to keep within bounds) · la inclūdō (to restrict; to keep within bounds) · ru ограни́чить (to restrict; to keep within bounds) · cmn 囿於 /囿于 (to restrict; to keep within bounds) · te పరిమితము చేయు (to restrict; to keep within bounds) · nl inperken (to restrict; to keep within bounds) · grc κατακλείω (to restrict; to keep within bounds) · fa حبس کردن (to restrict; to keep within bounds) · fi rajoittaa (to restrict; to keep within bounds) · cmn 局限 (to restrict; to keep within bounds) · hu korlátoz (to restrict; to keep within bounds) · mi whakatiki (to restrict; to keep within bounds) · az məhdudlaşdırmaq (to restrict; to keep within bounds) · mi hamaruru (to restrict; to keep within bounds) · sl omejiti (to restrict; to keep within bounds) · ca confinar (to restrict; to keep within bounds) · te నిర్బంధించు (to restrict; to keep within bounds) · cs poutat (to restrict; to keep within bounds) · cs omezovat (to restrict; to keep within bounds) · bg огранича́вам (to restrict; to keep within bounds) · te పరిమితము (to restrict; to keep within bounds) · izh rajata (to restrict; to keep within bounds) · nl beperken (to restrict; to keep within bounds) · sv begränsa (to restrict; to keep within bounds) · sl omejevati (to restrict; to keep within bounds) · oc confinar (to restrict; to keep within bounds) · ru ограни́чивать (to restrict; to keep within bounds) · ja 限る (to restrict; to keep within bounds) · cs tísnit (to restrict; to keep within bounds) · sq ngujoj (to restrict; to keep within bounds) · pt confinar (to restrict; to keep within bounds) · fa محصور کردن (to restrict; to keep within bounds) · mi whakatina (to restrict; to keep within bounds) · no begrense (to restrict; to keep within bounds) · la compescō (to restrict; to keep within bounds) · de beschränken (to restrict; to keep within bounds) · ko 가두다 (to restrict; to keep within bounds)