Confine — Defs

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

imp. & p. p. Confined; p. pr. & vb. n. Confining

1.
To restrain within limits; to restrict; to limit; to bound; to shut up; to inclose; to keep close.
“Now let not nature's hand Keep the wild flood confined! let order die!” — Shak.

“He is to confine himself to the compass of numbers and the slavery of rhyme.” — Dryden.

Phrases & compounds

To be confined — to be in childbed.

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

1.
To have a common boundary; to border; to lie contiguous; to touch; -- followed by on or with.[Obs.]
“Where your gloomy bounds Confine with heaven.” — Milton.

“Bewixt heaven and earth and skies there stands a place. Confining on all three.” — Dryden.

03 n. Common boundary; border; limit; -- used chiefly in the plural.

1.
Common boundary; border; limit; -- used chiefly in the plural.
“Events that came to pass within the confines of Judea.” — Locke.

“And now in little space The confines met of empyrean heaven, And of this world.” — Milton.

“On the confines of the city and the Temple.” — Macaulay.
2.
Apartment; place of restraint; prison.[Obs.]
“Confines, wards, and dungeons.” — Shak.

“The extravagant and erring spirit hies To his confine.” — Shak.