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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CONFINING, ppr. Restraining; limiting; imprisoning.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: restricting the scope or freedom of action [syn: confining, constraining, constrictive, limiting, restricting]
2: crowded; "close quarters" [syn: close, confining]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.