Confine

kon′fīn, n. border, boundary, or limit—generally in pl. : (kon-fīn′) confinement: ( Shak. ) a prison.— v.t. Confine′ , to border; to be adjacent to: to limit, enclose: to imprison.— adjs. Confin′-able ; Confined′ , limited: imprisoned: narrow; Confine′le ( Shak. ), without bound: unlimited.— ns. Confine′ment , state of being shut up: restraint: imprisonment: restraint from going abroad by sickne , and esp. of women in childbirth; Confin′er . one within the confines: ( Shak. ) an inhabitant.— adj. Confin′ing , bordering: limiting.— Be confined , to be limited: to be in child-bed. [Fr. confiner —L. conf in is , bordering— con , together, finis , the end.]