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confineth

confineth is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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

See all 4 meanings of confine

Origin of confineth

confine + -eth

Questions about confineth

What is confineth the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Confineth is the third-person singular simple present indicative of confine.

Words near confineth in the dictionary

  1. confiner
  2. confiners
  3. confines
  4. confines oneself
  5. confinest
  6. confineth
  7. confining
  8. confining oneself
  9. confiningly
  10. confiningness
  11. confinity

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