亚洲网紅露点

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confine

[ kuhn-fahyn kon-fahyn ]

verb (used with object)

confined, confining.
  1. to enclose within bounds; limit or restrict:

    She confined her remarks to errors in the report. Confine your efforts to finishing the book.

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  2. to shut or keep in; prevent from leaving a place because of imprisonment, illness, discipline, etc.:

    For that offense he was confined to quarters for 30 days.

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noun

  1. Usually confines. a boundary or bound; limit; border; frontier.
  2. Often confines. region; territory.
  3. Archaic. confinement.
  4. Obsolete. a place of confinement; prison.

confine

verb

  1. to keep or close within bounds; limit; restrict
  2. to keep shut in; restrict the free movement of

    arthritis confined him to bed

鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. often plural a limit; boundary
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 藞肠辞苍蹿颈苍别濒别蝉蝉, adjective
  • 肠辞苍藞蹿颈苍补产濒别, adjective
  • 肠辞苍藞蹿颈苍别谤, noun
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 肠辞苍路蹿颈苍顎僡路产濒别 肠辞苍路蹿颈苍别顎僡路产濒别 adjective
  • 肠辞苍路蹿颈苍别顎僱别蝉蝉 adjective
  • 肠辞苍路蹿颈苍顎侥谤 noun
  • 苍辞苍顎卌辞苍路蹿颈苍顎僫苍驳 adjective
  • 辫谤别顎卌辞苍路蹿颈苍别顎 verb (used with object) preconfined preconfining
  • 辩耻补顎却颈-肠辞苍路蹿颈苍顎僫苍驳 adjective
  • 谤别顎卌辞苍路蹿颈苍别顎 verb (used with object) reconfined reconfining
  • 蝉别濒蹿顎-肠辞苍路蹿颈苍顎僫苍驳 adjective
  • un顎叧Υ遣月反诰辈灶僡路产濒别 adjective
  • 耻苍顎卌辞苍路蹿颈苍顎僫苍驳 adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of confine1

1350鈥1400 for noun; 1515鈥25 for v.; (noun) Middle English < Middle French confins, confines < Medieval Latin confinia, plural of Latin confinis boundary, border ( con-, fine 2 ); (v.) < Middle French confiner, verbal derivative of confins < Latin, as above
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of confine1

C16: from Medieval Latin 肠辞苍蹿墨苍腻谤别 from Latin 肠辞苍蹿墨苍颈蝉 adjacent, from 蹿墨苍颈蝉 end, boundary
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County, which ran dozens of facilities that confined and cared for juveniles, the law kickstarted a deluge of litigation that still hasn鈥檛 stopped.

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"All Up In My Grill" reimagines the traditional cooking show by extending the idea of grilling beyond its usual confines.

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But Hortiz is hesitant to fit the players into confined roles.

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Eye-witness accounts in local media described students running through the site, with some confined to classrooms after an alarm was sounded.

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"As the law currently stands, confining an offender to a particular area or restricting an offender from leaving a defined area runs the real risk of breaching both Articles 5 and or 8," he added.

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