con·fine (k n-f n )v. con·fined, con·fin·ing, con·fines v.tr. 1. To keep within bounds; restrict: Please confine your remarks to the issues at hand. See Synonyms at limit. 2. To shut or keep in, especially to imprison. 3. To restrict in movement: The sick child was confined to bed. v.intr. Archaic To border. n. (k  nfn )1. confines a. The limits of a space or area; the borders: within the confines of one county. b. Restraining elements: wanted to escape the confines of corporate politics. c. Purview; scope: a theory that is well within the confines of science. 2. a. Archaic A restriction. b. Obsolete A prison. [French confiner, from Old French, from confins, boundaries, ultimately from Latin c  nfne, from neuter of cnfnis, adjoining : com-, com- + fnis, border.]con·fin a·ble, con·finea·ble adj.con·fin er n. |
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