Definitions for confine

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confine con·fine

Spelling: [kuh n-fahyn for 1, 2, 5, 6; kon-fahyn

IPA: /kənˈfaɪn for 1, 2, 5, 6; ˈkɒn faɪn for 3, 4/

Confine is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 105 anagrams from letters in confine (cefinno).

Definitions for confine

noun

1. Usually, confines. a boundary or bound; limit; border; frontier.
2. Often, confines. region; territory.
3. Archaic. confinement.
4. Obsolete. a place of confinement; prison.

verb (used with object)

1. to enclose within bounds; limit or restrict:
2. to shut or keep in; prevent from leaving a place because of imprisonment, illness, discipline, etc.:

Origin of confine

1350-1400 for noun; 1515-25 for v.; (noun) Middle English Middle French confins, confines Medieval Latin confinia, plural of Latin confinis boundary, border (see con-,

Examples for confine

He was in love with the ideal and would not confine it to any country.

In fact, he suffered it to confine him only one day; but the sight was lost.

In war, for instance, we certainly mean to confine our aspirations for life to ourselves and our allies.

The worst was, that they did not confine their demonstrations to barking.

I will confine myself to one, which appears to me the most important of all.

But he will not confine his instructions to the region of art.

You confine yourself too much, indeed you do; and you see you are not equal to it.

These questions simply will not confine themselves to quiet rooms.

It is naïve to imagine that a militarized police will confine itself to surgical strikes in crime-ridden areas.

Busy as Mr. Galloway was, that day, he could not confine his thoughts to his business.