Definition of confine

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Confine (v. t.) To restrain within limits; to restrict; to limit; to bound; to shut up; to inclose; to keep close.

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Invade :: Invade (v. t.) To go into or upon; to pass within the confines of; to enter; -- used of forcible or rude ingress.
Peg :: Peg (v. t.) To put pegs into; to fasten the parts of with pegs; as, to peg shoes; to confine with pegs; to restrict or limit closely..
Fetter :: Fetter (n.) A chain or shackle for the feet; a chain by which an animal is confined by the foot, either made fast or disabled from free and rapid motion; a bond; a shackle..
Release :: Release (n.) The act of letting loose or freeing, or the state of being let loose or freed; liberation or discharge from restraint of any kind, as from confinement or bondage..
Belt :: Belt (n.) That which restrains or confines as a girdle.
Amia :: Amia (n.) A genus of fresh-water ganoid fishes, exclusively confined to North America; called bowfin in Lake Champlain, dogfish in Lake Erie, and mudfish in South Carolina, etc. See Bowfin..
Lying-in :: Lying-in (n.) The state attending, and consequent to, childbirth; confinement..
Formalist :: Formalist (n.) One overattentive to forms, or too much confined to them; esp., one who rests in external religious forms, or observes strictly the outward forms of worship, without possessing the life and spirit of religion..
Prison :: Prison (n.) Specifically, a building for the safe custody or confinement of criminals and others committed by lawful authority..
Confineless :: Confineless (a.) Without limitation or end; boundless.
Imprison Ment :: Imprison ment (n.) The act of imprisoning, or the state of being imprisoned; confinement; restraint..
Detention :: Detention (n.) Confinement; restraint; custody.
Crib :: Crib (v. i.) To crowd together, or to be confined, as in a crib or in narrow accommodations..
Confine :: Confine (n.) Common boundary; border; limit; -- used chiefly in the plural.
Penitentiary :: Penitentiary (n.) A house of correction, in which offenders are confined for punishment, discipline, and reformation, and in which they are generally compelled to labor..
Fetter :: Fetter (p. pr. & vb. n.) To put fetters upon; to shackle or confine the feet of with a chain; to bind.
Guardhouse :: Guardhouse (n.) A building which is occupied by the guard, and in which soldiers are confined for misconduct; hence, a lock-up..
Circumscribe :: Circumscribe (v. t.) To inclose within a certain limit; to hem in; to surround; to bound; to confine; to restrain.
Hamleted :: Hamleted (p. a.) Confined to a hamlet.
Incagement :: Incagement (n.) Confinement in, or as in, cage..
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