confine
See also: confiné
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French confiner, from confins, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language code; the value "ML" is not valid. See WT:LOL. confines, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin confinium, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin confīnis.
Pronunciation
Verb
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- (transitive) To restrict; to keep within bounds; to shut or keep in a limited space or area.
- c. 1596–1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:
- Now let not nature's hand / Keep the wild flood confined! let order die!
- (Can we date this quote by Dryden and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- He is to confine himself to the compass of numbers and the slavery of rhyme.
- To have a common boundary; to border; to lie contiguous; to touch; followed by on or with.
- (Can we date this quote by John Milton and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- Where your gloomy bounds / Confine with heaven
- (Can we date this quote by Dryden and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- Betwixt heaven and earth and skies there stands a place / Confining on all three.
- (Can we date this quote by John Milton and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
Translations
to restrict; to keep within bounds
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detain — see detain
lock up — see lock up
arrest — see arrest
imprison — see imprison
incarcerate — see incarcerate
Noun
confine (plural confines)
Synonyms
Derived terms
Translations
limit
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French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fʁ/
- Homophones: confinent, confines
Verb
confine
- first-person singular present indicative of confiner
- third-person singular present indicative of confiner
- first-person singular present subjunctive of confiner
- third-person singular present subjunctive of confiner
- second-person singular imperative of confiner
Italian
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin confīnis.
Noun
confine m (plural confini)
Synonyms
Related terms
Latin
Adjective
(deprecated template usage) cōnfīne
- nominative neuter singular of cōnfīnis
- accusative neuter singular of cōnfīnis
- vocative neuter singular of cōnfīnis
Portuguese
Verb
confine
Spanish
Verb
confine
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of confinar.
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of confinar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of confinar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of confinar.
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