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reconfine

reconfine verb: to confine again.

Verb

reconfine (third-person singular simple present reconfines, present participle reconfining, simple past and past participle reconfined)

  1. (transitive) To confine again.

Forms of reconfine

third-person singular presentreconfines
present participlereconfining
past participlereconfined
pastreconfined

Origin of reconfine

From re- + confine.

Questions about reconfine

What does reconfine mean?
Reconfine means to confine again.
What part of speech is reconfine?
Reconfine is a verb.
What is the past tense of reconfine?
The past tense of reconfine is reconfined.

Words near reconfine in the dictionary

  1. reconfigured
  2. reconfigurer
  3. reconfigurers
  4. reconfigures
  5. reconfiguring
  6. reconfine
  7. reconfined
  8. reconfinement
  9. reconfinements
  10. reconfines
  11. reconfining

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