Hypertext Webster Gateway: "confining"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Confine \Con*fine"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Confined}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Confining}.] [F. confiner to border upon, LL.
confinare to set bounds to; con- + finis boundary, end. See
{Final}, {Finish}.]
To restrain within limits; to restrict; to limit; to bound;
to shut up; to inclose; to keep close.
Now let not nature's hand Keep the wild flood confined!
let order die! --Shak.
He is to confine himself to the compass of numbers and
the slavery of rhyme. --Dryden.
{To be confined}, to be in childbed.
Syn: To bound; limit; restrain; imprison; immure; inclose;
circumscribe; restrict.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
confining
adj 1: restricting the scope or freedom of action [syn: {constraining},
{constrictive}, {limiting}, {restricting}]
2: crowded; "close quarters" [syn: {close}]
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