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Confine \Con*fine"\ (k[o^]n*f[imac]n"), 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 \confined\ adj.
1. having movement restricted to within a certain area; --
usually a building. Opposite of {unconfined}.

Note: [Narrower terms: {claustrophobic}; {close, confining};
{homebound, housebound, shut-in}; {in
childbed(prenominal)}; {pent, shut up(predicate)};
{snowbound}; {weather-bound}; {stormbound,
storm-bound}]
[WordNet 1.5]

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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