The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Confine \Con"fine\ (? or ?); 277), v. i.
   To have a common boundary; to border; to lie contiguous; to
   touch; -- followed by on or with. [Obs.]
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         Where your gloomy bounds
         Confine with heaven.                     --Milton.
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         Bewixt heaven and earth and skies there stands a place.
         Confining on all three.                  --Dryden.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Confine \Con"fine\, n.
   1. Common boundary; border; limit; -- used chiefly in the
      plural.
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            Events that came to pass within the confines of
            Judea.                                --Locke.
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            And now in little space
            The confines met of empyrean heaven,
            And of this world.                    --Milton.
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            On the confines of the city and the Temple.
                                                  --Macaulay.
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   2. Apartment; place of restraint; prison. [Obs.]
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            Confines, wards, and dungeons.        --Shak.
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            The extravagant and erring spirit hies
            To his confine.                       --Shak.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Confine \Con*fine"\ (k[o^]n*f[imac]n"), 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.
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         Now let not nature's hand
         Keep the wild flood confined! let order die! --Shak.
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         He is to confine himself to the compass of numbers and
         the slavery of rhyme.                    --Dryden.
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   To be confined, to be in childbed.

   Syn: To bound; limit; restrain; imprison; immure; inclose;
        circumscribe; restrict.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

confine
    v 1: place limits on (extent or access); "restrict the use of
         this parking lot"; "limit the time you can spend with your
         friends" [syn: restrict, restrain, trammel, limit,
         bound, confine, throttle]
    2: restrict or confine, "I limit you to two visits to the pub a
       day" [syn: limit, circumscribe, confine]
    3: prevent from leaving or from being removed
    4: close in; darkness enclosed him" [syn: enclose, hold in,
       confine]
    5: deprive of freedom; take into confinement [syn: confine,
       detain] [ant: free, liberate, loose, release,
       unloose, unloosen]
    6: to close within bounds, limit or hold back from movement;
       "This holds the local until the express passengers change
       trains"; "About a dozen animals were held inside the
       stockade"; "The illegal immigrants were held at a detention
       center"; "The terrorists held the journalists for ransom"
       [syn: restrain, confine, hold]