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confined

kən-ˈfīnd 2 syllables uncommon

  1. adjective. kept within confines: such as

    • confined to bed
    • confined prisoners
  2. adjective. limited to a particular location

    • confined spaces
    • a confined compartment
  3. adjective. held captive

    • 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.

Origin

from past participle of.

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