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confine(1) (iou)



confine noun. LME.
[French confins, confines, from Latin confinia pl. of confine and confinium, from confinis bordering, formed as CON- + finis end, limit (pl. fines territory). Branch II from Latin confinis noun from adjective.]
I.
A boundary, a frontier, a limit, a borderland, (lit. & fig.). Usu. in pl. LME.
R. L. Stevenson That..sort of tragedy which lies on the confines of farce. P. S. Buck His heart swelled and stopped as though it met sudden confines. B. Lovell Star systems..outside the confines of the Milky Way.
A region, a territory. Usu. in pl. LME-L17.
Confinement, limitation. poet. L16.
R. Burns Think on the dungeon's grim confine.
b. A place of confinement. Now rare. E17.
II.
In pl. Neighbours. M-L16.
confineless adjective (rare) unlimited E17.