Definition of confine

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Confine (v. i.) To have a common boundary; to border; to lie contiguous; to touch; -- followed by on or with.

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Ectolecithal :: Ectolecithal (a.) Having the food yolk, at the commencement of segmentation, in a peripheral position, and the cleavage process confined to the center of the egg; as, ectolecithal ova..
Workhouse :: Workhouse (n.) A house in which idle and vicious persons are confined to labor.
Forth :: Forth (adv.) Out, as from a state of concealment, retirement, confinement, nondevelopment, or the like; out into notice or view; as, the plants in spring put forth leaves..
Mooring :: Mooring (n.) That which serves to confine a ship to a place, as anchors, cables, bridles, etc..
Confined :: Confined (imp. & p. p.) of Confin.
Shackle :: Shackle (n.) Something which confines the legs or arms so as to prevent their free motion; specifically, a ring or band inclosing the ankle or wrist, and fastened to a similar shackle on the other leg or arm, or to something else, by a chain or a strap; a gyve; a fetter..
Pin :: Pin (v. t.) To inclose; to confine; to pen; to pound.
Azonic :: Azonic (a.) Confined to no zone or region; not local.
Crib :: Crib (v. i.) To crowd together, or to be confined, as in a crib or in narrow accommodations..
Prison :: Prison (v. t.) To imprison; to shut up in, or as in, a prison; to confine; to restrain from liberty..
Cloistral :: Cloistral (a.) Of, pertaining to, or confined in, a cloister; recluse..
Gyve :: Gyve (n.) A shackle; especially, one to confine the legs; a fetter..
Retention :: Retention (n.) Place of custody or confinement.
Bedlam :: Bedlam (n.) A place appropriated to the confinement and care of the insane; a madhouse.
Latitude :: Latitude (n.) Room; space; freedom from confinement or restraint; hence, looseness; laxity; independence..
Guardhouse :: Guardhouse (n.) A building which is occupied by the guard, and in which soldiers are confined for misconduct; hence, a lock-up..
Releasement :: Releasement (n.) The act of releasing, as from confinement or obligation..
Suburb :: Suburb (n.) An outlying part of a city or town; a smaller place immediately adjacent to a city; in the plural, the region which is on the confines of any city or large town; as, a house stands in the suburbs; a garden situated in the suburbs of Paris..
Circumscribe :: Circumscribe (v. t.) To inclose within a certain limit; to hem in; to surround; to bound; to confine; to restrain.
Mews :: Mews (n. sing. & pl.) An alley where there are stables; a narrow passage; a confined place.
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