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confine

Pronunciation: /kənˈfaɪn/

The English word “confine” has 4 meanings listed here.

verb

  1. To have a common boundary with; to border on.
  2. To restrict (someone or something) to a particular scope or area; to keep in or within certain bounds.

noun

  1. A boundary or limit.
  2. Confinement, imprisonment.

Etymology

From Middle French confiner, from confins, from Medieval Latin confines, from Latin confinium, from confīnis.

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