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con·fine

(kən-fīn′)

tr.v. con·fined, con·fin·ing, con·fines

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.

[French confiner, from Old French, from confins, boundaries; see confines.]

con·fin′a·ble, con·fine′a·ble adj.

con·fin′er n.

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