Definitions
place limits on (extent or amount or access)
Word origin
From Middle French confiner, from confins, from Medieval Latin confines, from Latin confinium, from confīnis.
Used in a sentence
“Where your gloomy bounds / Confine with heaven”
“Betwixt heaven and earth and skies there stands a place / Confining on all three.”
“‘Why, Sir, to be sure, such parts of Sclavonia as confine with Germany, will borrow German words; and such parts as confine with Tartary will borrow Tartar words.’”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Keep within limits”7 letters
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