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confine
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
c.1400, "boundary, limit" (usually as confines ), from Old French confins "boundaries," from Medieval Latin confines , from Latin confinium (plural confinia ) "boundary, limit," from confine , neuter of confinis "bordering on, having the same boundaries," ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Confine \Con"fine\, n. Common boundary; border; limit; -- used chiefly in the plural. Events that came to pass within the confines of Judea. --Locke. And now in little space The confines met of empyrean heaven, And of this world. --Milton. On the confines ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Confine is a village ( curazia ) located in San Marino . It belongs to the municipality ( castello ) of Chiesanuova . Its name, in Italian language , means " border ".
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
v. restrict or confine, "I limit you to two visits to the pub a day" [syn: limit , circumscribe ] place limits on (extent or access); "restrict the use of this parking lot"; "limit the time you can spend with your friends" [syn: restrict , restrain , trammel ...
Usage examples of confine.
From 1868 until his death in 1892 he was confined with seventy of his followers in the penal colony of Acca on the Mediterranean coast.
All during the outbound journey he snuggled within the confines of the Salyut living quarters as if it were a cocoon woven of steel and aerogel and glass within which struggled a caterpillar named Jimmy Poole.
Particularly instructive and well reported is the instance of bear cult of the Ainu of Japan, a Caucasoid race that entered and settled Japan centuries earlier than the Mongoloid Japanese, and are confined today to the northern islands, Hokkaido and Sakhalin -- the latter now, of course, in Russian hands.
Inside the confines of an Earth-type structure, the immense army of Elatus Albus venusium stirred in unison.
Perhaps alone of the Algonkin tribes the Shawnees confined it to one totem, but it is remarkable that the greatest of their prophets, Elskataway, brother of Tecumseh, was not a member of this clan.
But now that it looked certain the Dyson aliens had been confined, shipboard speculation was heavily focused on the reason.
Some said he was not confined to the prison at all but went abroad at night.
The Cuban anolis is one of a large family of lizards, all of which are confined to America and the West Indian islands.
Selene pulled the damp cloth of her white spencer, a sort of antebellum blouse, away from her neck and tried to blow inside the steamy confines of her garment, to no avail.
At the same time, the Archaea could no longer be confined against their will in the cryptoendolitic world.
It fell on an evening of blizzard, when everyone was confined to the hall and Joscelin came in shivering from the outdoors with an armload of wood for the cookstove.
Not as good as the forests of Germania, but far better than the confines of a ludus or even a luxurious villa.
Before the Ashura incident, attacks by Shiites against Israelis were sporadic and confined largely to tiny splinter factions.
He followed them down the ladder to the deck and herded them to the cage where Krause and Asoka were confined.
Malayan animals are found on the confines of Burmah, and even extending into Assam, it is probable that this species may be discovered in Tenasserim.