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confin'd

confin'd is the simple past and past participle of confine.

Meaning of confine

Verb

confine (third-person singular simple present confines, present participle confining, simple past and past participle confined)

  1. (obsolete) To have a common boundary with; to border on.
    • Where your gloomy bounds / Confine with heaven1667, John Milton, “Book II”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished...
  2. (transitive) To restrict (someone or something) to a particular scope or area; to keep in or within certain bounds.
    • Now let not nature's hand / Keep the wild flood confined! let order die!c. 1596–1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, […]. Epilogue.”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […]...
    Synonyms:
    pen, hem in, incarcerate

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Questions about confin'd

What is confin'd the simple past and past participle of?
Confin'd is the simple past and past participle of confine.

Words near confin'd in the dictionary

  1. configured
  2. configurer
  3. configurers
  4. configures
  5. configuring
  6. confin'd
  7. confinable
  8. confination
  9. confine
  10. confine oneself
  11. confineable

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