Confine



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• v. 限制, 禁闭

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French or Latin; Anglo-French ~s, plural, from Latin ~ border, from neuter of confinis adjacent, from com- + finis end
• Date: 15th century
• 1. plural
  • a. something (as borders or walls) that encloses zuoxieoutside the ~s of the office or hospital — W. A. Nolen; also something that restrains zuoxieescape from the ~s of soot and clutter — E. S. Muskie
  • b. scope 3 zuoxiework within the ~s of a small group — Frank Newman
• 2.
  • a. archaic restriction
  • b. obsolete prison

II. verb (~d; confining)

• Date: 1523
• intransitive verb
  • archaic border
• transitive verb
  • 1.
    • a. to hold within a location
    • b. imprison
  • 2. to keep within limits zuoxiewill ~ my remarks to one subject
• Synonyms: see limit
• ? ~r noun

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