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`confined adjective
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`con· fined kən-ˈfīnd
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`: kept within confines: such as
`a : limited to a particular location
`confined to bed
`b : held captive
`confined prisoners
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`: very small
`confined spaces
`a confined compartment
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`dated : undergoing childbirth
`In Scotland, the Countess of Athole, who was lying-in at Edinburgh Castle near the
`similarly confined Mary, Queen of Scots, is reported to have cast her own birth pangs
`onto a waiting-woman in the queen's chamber.
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`She gets uncomfortable in confined spaces.
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`confined citizens have basic rights under that nation's constitution
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`Many changes for him are happening in a confined, immediate-impact space of the
`field.
`Michael Gehlken, Dallas News, 3 Aug. 2023
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`And the seawalls the Army Corps is proposing for the area could serve to make
`residents feel all the more confined.
`Geoff Dembicki, The New Republic, 2 Aug. 2023
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`The native range of the muskellunge, on the other hand, is more confined, covering all
`the northern Midwest states, Great Lakes and their shorelines, Northeastern Canada,
`and the Ohio River Valley all the way into Tennessee.
`Joe Cermele, Field & Stream, 19 July 2023
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`Etymology
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`from past participle of CONFINE entry 2
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`1605, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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`con· fined kən-ˈfīnd
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`: undergoing childbirth
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