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Confined   /kənfˈaɪnd/   Listen
Confined

adjective
1.
Not invading healthy tissue.
2.
Not free to move about.
3.
Being in captivity.  Synonyms: captive, imprisoned, jailed.


Confine

verb
(past & past part. confined; pres. part. confining)
1.
Place limits on (extent or access).  Synonyms: bound, limit, restrain, restrict, throttle, trammel.  "Limit the time you can spend with your friends"
2.
Restrict or confine,.  Synonyms: circumscribe, limit.
3.
Prevent from leaving or from being removed.
4.
Close in.  Synonyms: enclose, hold in.
5.
Deprive of freedom; take into confinement.  Synonym: detain.
6.
To close within bounds, limit or hold back from movement.  Synonyms: hold, restrain.  "About a dozen animals were held inside the stockade" , "The illegal immigrants were held at a detention center" , "The terrorists held the journalists for ransom"



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"Confined" Quotes from Famous Books



... such a candidate in preference to a loyal man. But how did Queen Elizabeth receive the news of the treacherous and atrocious massacre at Belfast? She was not displeased. 'Her occasional disapprobation of severities of this kind,' says Mr. Froude, 'was confined to cases to which the attention of Europe happened to be especially directed. She told Essex that he was a great ornament of her nobility, she wished she had many as ready as he to spend their lives for the ...
— The Land-War In Ireland (1870) - A History For The Times • James Godkin
... belonged to another school, avoided all barren speculations concerning the universe, and confined himself to human actions and interests. He looked even upon geometry in a very practical way, valuing it only so far as it could be made serviceable to land-measuring. As for the stars and planets, he supposed it was impossible ...
— Beacon Lights of History, Volume III • John Lord
... execution, superimposed upon a professional conception radically erroneous; and it reflected throughout the timid hesitancy of spirit which dictated the return to Gibraltar, under the always doubtful sanction of a Council of War. But the historical value of the lesson is diminished if attention is confined to the shortcomings of the admiral, neglectful of the fact that his views as to the necessity to observe the routine of the Fighting Instructions are reproduced in the evidence of the captains; and ...
— Types of Naval Officers - Drawn from the History of the British Navy • A. T. Mahan
... talent is not confined to mere walls," said Ray. "Hot biscuit requires a different ...
— The Motor Girls on a Tour • Margaret Penrose
... our entrance, we were introduced to them first, and with particular formality, our lady hostess pronouncing their names in a very distinct manner, while her articulation of ours was so low that they were scarcely, if at all, heard. During the hour that passed before tea was announced, Mrs. Tudor confined her attentions almost exclusively to these two or three individuals, who were evidently persons of more consequence than the rest of us. So apparent was all this, that most of those who were in the room, ...
— Home Scenes, and Home Influence - A Series of Tales and Sketches • T. S. Arthur


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